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Title: Migrating to the US is Already Risky. Try Being a Transgender Migrant
Post by: stephaniec on February 19, 2016, 11:38:51 AM
Migrating to the US is Already Risky. Try Being a Transgender Migrant

http://www.towleroad.com/2016/02/transgender-migrant/

Towleroad/by  Amy Stillman - GlobalPost February 19, 2016 | 11:36am

"TAPACHULA, Mexico — Dayanara Lisbet and Rubi Bracho were standing outside a fast-food restaurant in Mexico when suddenly a car pulled up beside them. Inside were four men wearing Mexican migration officials' uniforms and ski masks.

Lisbet, 18, and Bracho, 21, two transgender women from Central America, claim that the men kidnapped them and drove them to a remote location, where they were beaten and raped."