Greek transgender community hopes new law will improve lives

In this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 photo Maria Galanou head of transgender Support Association, center, Anna Apergi, the Director of GTSA, left, and activist Anna Kouroupou, right, attend a parliamentary committee meeting discussing the transgender bill in Athens. Marginalized, stigmatized, often abused and rejected, Greece’s transgender community is now hoping a controversial new law passed by Greece’s parliament Tuesday will improve their daily lives and foster greater acceptance in what is often a deeply conservative society. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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