Nia, a 25-year-old Indonesian transgender woman, is performing the Oglek, a folk dance, during a charity activity organised by the school. All photos by the author
Shinta Ratri, a 57-year-old transgender activist in Indonesia, is the founder of Pondok Pesantren Waria al-Fatah
Renata, a 21-year-old Indonesian transgender woman, uses a hand mirror and a tweezer to pluck hair from her eyebrows in her room at Pondok Pesantren Waria al-Fatah
Renata, or Rere, as everyone calls her, reading the Qur’an in the backyard of Pondok Pesantren Waria al-Fatah
Transgender students, together with Shinta Ratri, reciting the Qur’an
Jessica, a 23- year-old Indonesian transgender woman, sits on the school’s front porch after a prayer ceremony