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 […]
A Story From One of The World’s Most Transphobic Places
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For any transgender person, being forced to act the sex you were assigned at birth is a psychological torment. For gay and trans people in countries where they are at risk of persecution and ill treatment, the problem isn’t just being forced to conform to the conventions. The other problem is the rift that this […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Visiting the Swedish Forum for Human Rights
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Last weekend we drove up to Umeå, a city in north of Sweden. We were going to host a seminar at MR-dagarna, Scandinavia´s largest human rights venue. It was an 8 hour drive from our office. We went on Thursday and was going to host a seminar on Friday, showing a preview of the upcoming […]
Interview with Filmmaker Jonny von Wallström, Part IV
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Q: Your movie Zero Silence was called visionary because it foresaw the importance of and the potential for major political change generated through social media in the Middle East. With The Pearl of Africa you are once again thinking outside the box by fundraising for Cleo’s gender confirmation surgery, then following and filming her through […]
The Pearl of Africa Interview Series, Part I: Interview with the Filmmaker
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Today begins a series of interviews with people from the International LGBTI and Transgender communities, from Uganda to the United States, from activists, authors and other individuals concerned about the civil and human rights, the politics and everyday lifestyles of LGBTI people around the world. Filmmaker Jonny von Wallström who produced the movie Zero Silence, […]
Report from the Ugandan LGBTI Underground
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by Cleo K. The 20th of December, the day the bill was passed by Parliament, we woke up excited. We were planning a party for an American ally of ours, David Robinson, who for about a year and half, had been actively involved in the movement in Uganda as a freelance photographer helping us build networks […]