let's get more on the story now with jessica stern she's the executive director at outright action international that is one of the oldest l.g.b. t.q. organizations fighting for equality around the world just got thank you for joining us we just saw a report that suggests some progress here in the german military but you've spoken about a growing backlash against france people even in countries that appear to have progressive policies for the trans community so can you tell us more about these developments. thank you for having me well the truth is there are more than 13 countries around the world that still have bans on so-called cross-dressing which basically makes it impossible for transgender people to do everything in simple as go to work go to school without being deprived of truth they are in the past year where the whole world has been gripped by the pandemic there's actually been a concerted and series of attacks on transgender people in many countries around the world so for example in hungary and 2020 the government tried to pass a ban on legal gender recognition to stop trans people

let's get more on the story now with jessica stern. she is the executive director at outright action international. that is one of the oldest l.g.b. t.q. organizations fighting for equality around the world. just got thank you for joining us. we just saw a report that suggests some progress here in the german military, but you've spoken about a growing backlash against france, people even in countries that appear to have progressive policies for the trans community. so can you tell us more about these developments? thank you for having me. well, the truth is there are more than 13 countries around the world that still have bans on so-called cross-dressing, which basically makes it impossible for transgender people to do everything as simple as go to were, go to school without being deprived in truth. they are in the past year where the whole world has been gripped by the pandemic. there's actually been a concerted and series of attacks on transgender people in many countries around the world. so for example, in hungary, in 2020, the govern