Issue 486 of New Internationalist

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October 2015

The transgender revolution

The transgender revolution

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In this issue

  • Burma’s elections this November will be closely contested - but will the country’s ethnic minorities finally be heard? Tina Burrett reports.
  • Tees Finch-Lees shines a spotlight on this north-eastern African country.
  • A collection of pro trans organizations, websites, support groups, books, movies and more, from New Internationalist's October magazine.
  • Visibility offers no protection for trans people in Brazil. Amanda Palha analyses the roots of violence and exclusion faced by her community – and its fight to stay alive.
  • This New Internationalist fact spread looks at the violence and discrimination that trans people face.
  • It’s about basic human rights – and relinquishing fixed ideas that are doing harm, argues Vanessa Baird.
  • Marti Abernathey picks a way through the panic, confusion and maltreatment that surrounds transgender children.
  • Small things that, if every cis – or ‘not trans’ – person followed them, would bring a kinder world, as suggested by CN Lester.