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COLOMBO — Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election on Thursday (Nov 14) as the first openly transgender candidate, hoping to forge a more inclusive and tolerant political culture on the South Asian island. Transgender people are estimated to make up about one per cent of Sri Lanka’s 22 million people, according to Equal
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Sri Lanka’s first transgender candidate hopes to break political, social barriers, Asia News
Lawanda Mongold
15:22
COLOMBO — Chanu Nimesha is contesting Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election on Thursday (Nov 14) as the first openly transgender candidate, hoping to forge a more inclusive and tolerant political culture on the South Asian island. Transgender people are estimated to make up about one per cent of Sri Lanka’s 22 million people, according to Equal
