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Waria warriors - the fight for trans rights in Indonesia

Nancy Iskandar is a transgender woman who fought to be accepted into Indonesian society in the 1970s and 1980s.

Nancy Iskandar is a magician, snake dancer, former sex worker, committed Muslim and long-time campaigner for transgender women’s rights in Indonesia. Josephine Casserly talks to her about the fight for transgender women to be accepted into Indonesian society in the 1970s and 1980s.

Photo: Nancy Iskandar. Credit: BBC

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Tue 28 Apr 202003:50GMT
BBC World Service

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