{"id":3164,"date":"2016-04-25T00:36:17","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T16:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/25\/emotional-student-comes-out-to-obama-at-town-hall-in-london\/"},"modified":"2016-04-25T00:36:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T16:36:17","slug":"emotional-student-comes-out-to-obama-at-town-hall-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/25\/emotional-student-comes-out-to-obama-at-town-hall-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotional student comes out to Obama at town hall in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screen_shot_2016-04-23_at_17.03.05\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzIzL2RiL1NjcmVlbl9TaG90LjNiOTRhLnBuZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/10b747dd\/d6c\/Screen_Shot_2016-04-23_at_17.03.05.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Emotional+student+comes+out+to+Obama+at+town+hall+in+London&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F23%2Fobama-london-non-binary%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F23%2Fobama-london-non-binary%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>LONDON \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Munir, 20, welled up in tears at the &#8220;town hall&#8221; style meeting as they <a href=\"http:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/1684025\/student-comes-out-as-non-binary-to-obama\">said<\/a> they hadn&#8217;t told their parents about their identity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/22\/boris-johnson-barack-obama-part-kenyan\/\">&#8216;Part Kenyan&#8217; Obama slur from Boris Johnson prompts Trump comparisons<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;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,&#8221; Munir said. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/23\/obama-london-non-binary\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/barack-obama\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Barack Obama<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/uk\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Uk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/london\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">London<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">World<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461511943' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1461511943'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/-LsdBqFXUf8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON \u2014 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. 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