Insults and acceptance: being trans in rural France

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Transgender model Valentina Sampaio is featured on the cover of French Vogue's upcoming March issue. See the cover here.

Insults and acceptance: being trans in rural France

Valerie Montchalin found out who her friends were when she transitioned to being a transgender woman in her village high in the Massif Central of central France.

Insults And Acceptance: Transgender Life In Rural France

Valerie Montchalin found out who her friends were when she transitioned to being a transgender woman in her village high in the Massif Central of central France. Some turned their backs on the 52-year-old builder. And she was not invited to the village get-together. Everybody knows everybody -- and everything about them -- in Saint-Victor-Malescours, a village of 700 souls surrounded by wooded hills. Montchalin kept her secret for decades. She k…

In France, transgender rural people face increased isolation, between lack of adapted structures and heavy eyes. Their daily lives, often unknown, reveal unique challenges and remarkable resilience. In French rural areas, being transgendered often means facing deep isolation and multiple obstacles. Valérie Montchalin, a transgender woman [...] Read more Live her transidentity in rural areas, a journey sown with obstacles appeared first on Le Sin…

Insults And Acceptance: Being Trans In Rural France

Valerie Montchalin found out who her friends were when she transitioned to being a transgender woman in her village high in the Massif Central of central France.