LONDON — In an emotional moment, a student in London told U.S. President Barack Obama they identified as non-binary, and challenged the president to do more for transgender people.
Maria Munir, 20, welled up in tears at the “town hall” style meeting as they said they hadn’t told their parents about their identity.
Even getting the chance to address Obama had been difficult, because at the start of the question-and-answer session he said he would take questions alternating between men and women.
“I’m from a Pakistani Muslim background which inevitably has cultural implications and I know that in North Carolina, people are having to produce birth certificates to go to the toilet,” Munir said. Read more…
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