A transgender woman whose address to the Armenian parliament caused an uproar says she has received death threats and is avoiding leaving her home because of security concerns. (Sona Kocharyan/Associated Press)YEREVAN, Armenia — A transgender woman who broke boundaries with a speech in Armenia’s parliament says she has received death threats and is avoiding leaving her home in the backlash to her three-minute address. Lilit Martirosian told members of parliament’s human rights committee on April 5 that the group she founded, Right Side, had recorded 283 cases of transgender rights violations. People would say I needed to be murdered, butchered,” Martirosian told The Associated Press on Friday. Copyright 2019 The Associated Press.

Source: Washington Post April 27, 2019 12:15 UTC