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Issue 486 of New Internationalist

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October 2015

The transgender revolution

The transgender revolution

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How is money – and debt – created? The answer, says Peter Stalker, may surprise you.

Minorities report

Burma’s elections this November will be closely contested - but will the country’s ethnic minorities finally be heard? Tina...

Country profile: Sudan

Tees Finch-Lees shines a spotlight on this north-eastern African country.

Trans-action

A collection of pro trans organizations, websites, support groups, books, movies and more, from New Internationalist's October...

Ma vie en jaune*

Jennie Kermode on being ‘in the middle’.

I am what I am

Eight people from across the world share their transgender experience.

Worldbeater: Wolfgang Schäuble

This New Internationalist editorial takes a look at Germany's finance minister.

Staying alive

Visibility offers no protection for trans people in Brazil. Amanda Palha analyses the roots of violence and exclusion faced by...

Mixed media: Books

Book reviews from our October magazine include The Underground by Hamid Ismailov; The New Threat by Jason Burke; The Wikileaks...

Transgender – the facts

This New Internationalist fact spread looks at the violence and discrimination that trans people face.

Mixed media: Music

Music reviews from the September issue of New Internationalist magazine.

The trans revolution

It’s about basic human rights – and relinquishing fixed ideas that are doing harm, argues Vanessa Baird.

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