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Witness History: Waria warriors - the fight for trans rights in Indonesia

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Transgender rights in Indonesia

27/04/2020 GMT

Waria warriors - the fight for trans rights in Indonesia

BBC World Service - Witness History, Waria warriors - the fight for trans rights in Indonesia

The transgender Indonesians who fought for their rights in the 1970s and 1980s

Nancy Iskandar is a transgender woman who fought to be accepted into Indonesian society in the 1970s and 1980s.

Nancy Iskandar is a magician, snake dancer, former sex worker, committed Muslim and long-time campaigner for transgender women’s rights in Indonesia.  Josephine Casserly talks to her about the fight for transgender women to be accepted into Indonesian society in the 1970s and 1980s. 
 
Photo: Nancy Iskandar. Credit: BBC

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