And Lyrehed thinks there is still plenty of work to be done before transgender people have equal rights in the country. In healthcare transgender people are greatly neglected too,” he said. “They saw my tattoo (of a transgender symbol) and started to say stuff like ‘sissy, creep, freak’. I think it is very important that transgender people are seen and heard. I sat there in the nettles, wet, humiliated and terrified.”The incident has left Lyrehed “shocked and scared”, and he thinks it is part of a broader problem in Sweden.

Source: The Local August 02, 2016 15:11 UTC