Peruvian Transgender Activist Dies in Police Custody in Indonesia

Rodrigo Ventocilla Ventosilla, a trans activist from Peru and graduate student at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, died in Indonesian police custody while honeymooning with his husband earlier this month. According to his family, customs police detained Ventosilla, 32, at the Bali airport for alleged marijuana possession on August 6. Two days later, he […]

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