Transgenders lead an alternate life in Lebanon
October 12, 2011 03:06 AM
By Sulome Anderson
The Daily Star

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Lifestyle/2011/Oct-12/151053-transgenders-lead-an-alternate-life-in-lebanon.ashx#axzz1aZgAZO2U

BEIRUT: Even in a cafe at ABC Ashrafieh mall, Tino draws stares and giggles from other diners. "Look at those people," she says with a tight smile. "They're laughing at me.

Before, I would have gotten angry and tried to change them. Now, I just ignore it."

Tino is a transgender female, which means that she was born biologically male but identifies as a female.