Don't let the pandemic marginalize LGBTIQ people further

Jul 17, 2020

Transgender Mexicans speak inside a study room in a shelter, after the hotels where they were residing shut down during the pandemic.

Transgender Mexicans speak inside a shelter, after the hotels where they were residing shut down during the pandemic. Image: Reuters/Henry Romero

Jayathma Wickramanayake

Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, United Nations

ILGA World Youth Steering Committee

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