Anne Meire Ribeiro and Malu Lucena

Remembering Waldirene Nogueira: a pioneer in sex redesignation in Brazil

Gender-affirming surgery under military dictatorship paved the way for better rights today Waldirene Nogueira was 26 when she sought gender-affirming surgery in Brazil. It was 1971, the middle of Brazil’s...

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