Transgender in The United States
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What it means to be transgender in The United States History One of the names that appears in the historical literature of transgender rights in the United States is Virginia Prince. In the 1940s, she began living as a woman in San Francisco. Later in that decade, Harry Benjamin, a physician in San Francisco, started […]
Who Are We To Judge A Country Like Uganda?
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I think that before 2009 few people around the world knew what the Ugandan people are like, with little media attention to the country following a brutal civil war. Many who wondered what food the Ugandans like or why the country is called “the pearl of Africa” would have had to turn to Google for […]
Glossary – Education
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Glossary Bigendered – A person whose gender identity is a combination of male/man and female/ woman. Binding – The process of flattening one’s breasts to have a more masculine or flat appearing chest. Bisexual – A person emotionally, physically, and/or sexually attracted to males/men and females/women. This attraction does not have to be equally split […]
Our Travel to Thailand
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It’s now one week and a couple of days to our travel to Thailand, its amazing how time flies by so fast…..am still pinching myself to make myself believe this is not a dream buts its actually happening…Of course I had a swarm of butterflies in my stomach, my fiance, and workmates tell me this […]
Screening at Indiewood Movie Theatre
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Last week we’re screening The Pearl Of Africa in New Orleans, USA. We got the privilege to show it at the Indiewood Movie Theatre. The screening went great, we’re so gladful for all the support we’ve been giving. To see people’s interest in the story and Cleo’s journey. There’re so many people that want to […]
Over $10 000 Funded For Cleo’s Sex Reassignment Surgery
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THANK YOU! It’s amazing! We’re there. Together we’ve raised over 10 000 dollars for Cleo’s sex reassignment surgery. I couldn’t imagine this before we started. A couple of minutes after we have reached our goal, Cleo posted a update on our Facebook page.It is really a post worth reading, instead of having me telling you […]
Jonny Von Wallström on Huffington Post Live
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Watch Jonny Von Wallström guesting Huffington Post live to talk about The Pearl Of Africa. It’s a 6 minute interview hosted by Josh Zepps. Listen to Jonny while he talks about the background of the project and how he meet Cleopatra. It’s now only 25 days left of the campaign and we’ve so far raised […]
A Little Respect for Human Rights
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Growing up in Sweden, in a small town called Sandviken, which ironically also was called “bögviken”, which in English translates into “gayviken”. Known for having a lot of these homosexuals. One could sense a similar rhetoric then, as the one we’re seeing in today’s Uganda. With a raging HIV epidemic threatening the swedes, we turned […]
I Feel Like a Story is Missing
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When I read about the Ugandan anti-homosexuality bill for the first time I was stunned by the issues gay people were facing there. The fact that people were discriminated, harassed and killed because of their gender identity or sexual orientation. I really hope that Cleo’s story can help raise awareness of these problems. A new […]