TEHRAN/BANGKOK/TOKYO -- Phoenix, a transgender woman living in Iran, dreamt of being able to express her true gender identity every day from the age of eight. "I remember seeing my older cousin in her princess dress at her wedding and thinking, 'I wish I could wear that,'" she said.
From Tehran to Tokyo and beyond, trans people throughout Asia continue to face violence, discrimination and exclusion from society. © Illustration by Hiroko Oshima
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