Transgender in Mongolia

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/03/03/_lvaro_laiz_photographs_the_transgender_community_in_mongolia_in_his_series.html
Slate; Jordan G. Teicher

In Mongolia, transgender people face extreme violence and discrimination, much of which goes unreported because the law does not protect them. Out of fear, many stay in the closet. Photographer Álvaro Laiz spent three and a half months in 2011 photographing male-to-female transgender people in Mongolia to explore notions of identity in a place where they are forced to hide who they are.

After doing research through NGOs and other organizations, Laiz located several subjects who gave him access to their lives.
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Some of the photos are shown in the link.