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Miss Universe shows support for trans community
Written by Winston Gieseke Saturday, 16 July 2011 08:29
Courtesy: AdvocateAdditional: Sakata
The transgender community in Kenya have embarked on a campaign to sensitize the public on who there are.
In an advertisers announcement appearing on Daily Nation on 13th, July 2011, The community noted that for a long time they have been mistaken to homosexuals.
"all transgenders are straight." Said Audrey Mbugua the Trangender, Education & Advocacy (TEA) Kenya programs officer.
Information on TEA website refers trangender/transsexual as non-identification with, or non- presentation as the sex(and assumed gender) on assigned at birth.
Elsewhere on a recent visit to Guatemala, the reining Miss Universe Ximena Navarrete met with transgender women who have been victims of abuse and discrimination.
Acting as an ambassador for PASMO, an organization that does education and prevention work on sexually transmitted diseases, Navarrete expressed support for transgender women, saying they deserved legal protections and better access to employment and medical care.
It’s not the first time she’s spoken out for equality. “I don’t believe it’s just to discriminate against someone based on the gender they prefer,” she told an interviewer shortly after being crowned Miss Universe. “The truth is that I am absolutely against discrimination. ... I have many friends who are sexual and gender minority and I adore them. … There is no reason why we shouldn’t let them enjoy what they want to enjoy with their partner.”
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