Transvestite Magazine Fights Media Stereotypes

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Transvestite Magazine Fights Media Stereotypes
By Sebastián Lacunza

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52454

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 11, 2010 (IPS) - The magazine El Teje, which is published in the Argentine capital and presents itself as "the first transvestite publication in Latin America," has been fighting the stigmatisation of the trans community for nearly three years.

Although the twice-yearly publication is now distributed free, the aim of its director, Marlene Wayar, is for it to be sold at newsstands.