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Transgender people of color face unique challenges as gender discrimination and racism intersect

  • Written by Gabriel Lockett, PhD Candidate in Counseling Psychology, University of Florida
imageTransgender people of color face more than their share of discrimination and violence.We Are/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Throughout history, transgender people of color have had a place of honor in many indigenous cultures around the world.

This changed in many places, however, as European colonizers began forcing indigenous people to follow...

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