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INDONESIA-RIGHTS-TRANSGENDER
TO GO WITH: Indonesia-rights-transgender,FEATURE by Kevin Ponniah
In this photograph taken on January 29, 2013, Rica, 26, (R seated) and other Indonesian transgenders take their spots in a dimly section of a Jakarta street to pick up customers. Transgenders locally known as waria largely remain a target of harassment and intimidation, most outcast from their families across Southeast Asia's biggest nation of 240 million people. Discrimination forces many into sex work, fuelling a spike in HIV rates from six to 34 percent between 1997 and 2007 among transgenders in Jakarta, Health Ministry data shows. An estimated 35,000 Indonesians are transgender, the Asia-Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health reports, but activists suspect the figure is much higher. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD
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Jakarta, Java, INDONESIA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Romeo GACAD |
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20 Februarie 2013 |
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4928 x 3280 (1.26 MB) |
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