Transnational

Published in NZZ am Sonntag among others, 22.5.2016

The Philippines is proving to be an emerging safe place for transgender folks . Despite daily encounters with discrimination, transpersons here are recently moving into positions high on the social hierarchy. How can this happen in a country that is highly religious and does not enforce an anti-discrimination law? To find out, I travelled through the country to meet a politician, a bank manager and a scholar– all transwomen – and learned of their stories and opinions of how the Philippines is leading the charge in overcoming transphobia.

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© NZZ am Sonntag

© NZZ am Sonntag

The Philippines is proving to be an emerging safe place for transgender folks . Despite daily encounters with discrimination, transpersons here are recently moving into positions high on the social hierarchy. How can this happen in a country that is highly religious and does not enforce an anti-discrimination law? To find out, I travelled through the country to meet a politician, a bank manager and a scholar– all transwomen – and learned of their stories and opinions of how the Philippines is leading the charge in overcoming transphobia.

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