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In Burkina Faso, trans people self-medicate in ‘dangerous’ transition

In Burkina Faso, trans people self-medicate in ‘dangerous’ transition

SAM MEDNICK IT took Aicha Sylla three attempts to get a prescription for hormones in Burkina Faso so she could start to transition gender. In the end, one doctor agreed - if she had sex with him first. "I didn't have any choice ... The other doctors didn't even listen to me; they refused," Sylla, 22, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, visibly upset, as she sat in a restaurant in the capital, Ouagadougou. Despite the health risks, she has been self-medicating ever since using the same prescription, a practice that trans rights advocates say is widespread among transgender people in…
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With Twitter pronouns and victory speech, Biden-Harris signal new era for trans rights

With Twitter pronouns and victory speech, Biden-Harris signal new era for trans rights

RACHEL SAVAGE WITH vice president-elect Kamala Harris including her pronouns in her Twitter bio and president-elect Joe Biden thanking trans supporters in his victory speech, trans-Americans have already won exceptional backing from the incoming U.S. administration. Harris describes herself not only as a wife and auntie but also "she/her" on Twitter, signalling that one of the world's most powerful politicians is an LGBT+ ally who recognises the need to respect trans people by addressing them correctly. "It normalises the practice of stating pronouns," Zeke Smith, a trans U.S. writer and former reality TV star, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "It…
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