Two transgender women won seats in Germany’s parliament — part of a small but growing group around world

In Asia, transgender political illustration is equally uncommon and largely native. There have been a number of overtly transgender mayors in India, parliament members in Thailand and council members in Japan. Within the principally Roman Catholic Philippines, Geraldine Roman, an outspoken member of the transgender neighborhood, was elected to Congress in 2016. Roman has advocated for a invoice prohibiting discrimination on the idea of sexual orientation or gender identification. The proposal has languished in Congress for greater than two decades.