During my first three years as an undergraduate anthropology student, I thought the few trans people working in academia were the authors of my favorite articles and books. I felt alone among cisgender allies, feminist scholars, and openly transphobic, old-fashioned professors.

During the latest presidential crisis, unfortunately, an incident that went unnoticed by the traditional media was another example of the abuses suffered by transgender women in Peru. This was an interesting scenario because it involved the police (PNP) and one of the four candidates running for Congress in the next