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World€™s first home for transgender elderly
A dozen elderly women are gathered inside the pink house, set on a narrow dirt road in a dusty suburb of Jakarta. Together they sew, bake and chat.
On first sight they look like a group of benevolent grandmothers, but the sunken cheeks and deep lines on some of their faces tell stories of hardship.
All of these women are €œwaria€, a term used for Indonesian transgender people, and the house in the country€™s capital has been hailed by activists as the first old person€™s home for that gender community......
A dozen elderly women are gathered inside the pink house, set on a narrow dirt road in a dusty suburb of Jakarta. Together they sew, bake and chat.
On first sight they look like a group of benevolent grandmothers, but the sunken cheeks and deep lines on some of their faces tell stories of hardship.
All of these women are €œwaria€, a term used for Indonesian transgender people, and the house in the country€™s capital has been hailed by activists as the first old person€™s home for that gender community......
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