Colors Rainbow,an organisation dedicated to ending discrimination against LGBT people in Myanmar, is challenging perceptions and changing livesNat Nat Nwe was once arrested, or stripped,beaten and held in a cell for 14 days just because she tried to walk domestic alone at night. The quiet 40-year-venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) is convinced she was targeted because she is transgender.
She says police accused her of being a sex worker, despite knowing she wasn’t working in the area. When she refused to pay the compulsory bribe, or she was attacked and then arrested for defending herself. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com