Trans community seeking equal, not special treatment

The recent demonstration against city magistrate Dylon Bess, who barred a transgender female from entering his courtroom because she had cross-dressed.

Transgender persons aren’t trying to impose themselves on society, they are just trying to be part of it, according to Quincy McEwan, known as Gulliver, the Director of Guyana Trans United (GTU).

“It’s not about imposing,” Gulliver said on Thursday during a Brunch Talk at the National School of Music that coincided with the observance of the International Transgender Day of Visibility.

Gulliver, who noted the discrimination trans persons receive when using public transportation, with individuals going so far as to