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Title: Gay and transgender struggle for acceptance in Indonesia
Post by: Shana A on June 19, 2010, 10:52:38 PM

Gay and transgender struggle for acceptance in Indonesia

Page last updated at 09:51 GMT, Saturday, 19 June 2010 10:51 UK
By Karishma Vaswani

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10349050.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10349050.stm)

In a cramped and dirty cell, four women sit side by side on a stone bench, waiting patiently for their turn to testify in court.

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But among the women is a man - or certainly a person who looks like a man, judging by the way he is dressed and from his demeanour.

Alter Hofan says he is a man, but doctors say he was born a woman.