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Podcast: Trans identity in Manila

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7th March 2019
Podcast: Trans identity in Manila

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In this first episode of the Gender and Privacy Series, we go to Manila in the Philippines to meet two transgender right activists - Naomi Fontanos and AR Arcon. We discuss what the right to privacy means to them and their fight against the government's plan to deploy an ID card system.

Listen to the podcast here.

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