There are myriad ways of being transgender – and experiences across the world are equally varied. Illustrations by Jason Barker.
Cleo Quentaro, Uganda
‘My body has always been androgynous, in between. If you are transgender it becomes you. In our culture, for a man to dress up as a woman is like degrading yourself to a woman, it is like an abuse to all men in society, it is like you are shaming all men… You are such a loser.
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