Known in their native language as "wërapara" ("not women"), the trans women of the Embera indigenous people of northwestern Colombia are speaking out against discrimination.. Indigenous trans women in Colombia battle for acceptance | Life | English edition | Agencia EFE
By Irene Escudero Bogota, Jul 2 (EFE).- Known in their native language as “wërapara” (“not women”), the trans women of the Embera indigenous people of northwestern Colombia are speaking out against discrimination. “To be a trans indigenous person in the community sometimes causes me shame,” Roxana Panchi, who lives on the Embera reserve of Karmata …