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Malaysia court rules transgender women have right to wear women's clothing

THREE transgender Malaysians won the right to dress as other women yesterday in a landmark court case.

The Court of Appeals ruled that a religious law in Negeri Sembilan state which banned cross-dressing was discriminatory and deprived trans people of “the right to live with dignity.”

Judge Mohamad Hishammuddin Mohamad Yunus slammed the law as “degrading, oppressive and inhumane.”

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