Transgender Discourse in the Village
For years Hendrika Mayora went against her inner instinct to act out her feminine side. She is the first trans woman to sit in public office.
Nur Alfiyah
August 24, 2020
AS inspector of the Indonesian Independence Day ceremony at the Service Mission Center lawn in the city of Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Hendrika Mayora Victoria Kelan discussed issues related to trans women. The chair of the trans women Fajar Sikka society said, despite our nation this year enjoying 75 years of freedom, this has not been the case for her particular community.
Many trans women continue to be persecuted, both by their commun
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