Warias, Come Out and Plaaayayay: Muslim Indonesian Transvestites Are Persecuted but Beautiful
I recently went to Indonesia to do a story for VICE on a group of Warias in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, who have started an Islamic school for trannsexuals. I found myself in a strange, sweaty world of false eyelashes, fake hair, cheap cigarettes, dangdut karaoke, backyard boob jobs and jilbābs. I loved it.
The written article is up on the VICE site and you can read it here. The documentary we filmed will also be showing on vice.com soon…
