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When state protection fails gender non-conforming people

I got beaten up last night for being kothi and the police officer told me it was my own fault for being outside after dark.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Victim-blaming by authorities transforms state protection into another site of violence and abandonment.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with South Asian gender diversity — hijra and kothi?”

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