WATCH: Quezon City launches transgender health program

MANILA, Philippines – Eighteen-year-old Lia Florendo recalls growing up being accepted as gay, but still feeling like something wasn’t right. She realized that she was not gay, but a trans woman.

Many young trans women like Lia hope to transition safely, but fear the health risks if unguided. The Quezon City local government on Monday, June 10, launched the Strategic Trans Health Access to Resources and Services or QC STARS program, which aims to bring free health services to transgender individuals in the city.

Watch the report here. – Rappler.com

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