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Graying transgenders find a home

Started by Shana A, June 23, 2012, 10:36:05 AM

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June 23, 2012, 10:36:05 AM
Graying transgenders find a home
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | City | Sat, 06/23/2012 10:38 AM

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/23/graying-transgenders-find-a-home.html

It is only a small pink house in the middle of a quiet, secluded neighborhood in Depok, West Java. However, the house, currently under partial renovation, may well be the future haven for graying transgenders rejected by society.

The board in front of the pink house says "Yulie Salon: Pria & Wanita" (Yulie Beauty Salon for Ladies and Gents), yet the house presently serves as an administration office for the Indonesia Transgender Forum.

The forum's chairperson, Yulianus Rettoblaut, 51, who has owned the house for the past two years, told The Jakarta Post in a recent interview that she had been working on a project to build a home for elderly transgenders, locally known as waria.
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