Topic - Torvaianica

Torvaianica or Torvajanica is a frazione of the comune of Pomezia, in the Metropolitan City of Rome, central Italy. Counting some 12,700 inhabitants, it extends for some on central Lazio's littoral. - Source: Wikipedia

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Transgender women Claudia Vittoria Salas from Argentina, left, Andrea Paola Torres Lopez from Colombia, also known as Consuelo, center, and Carla Segovia from Argentina speak as they sit in the Beata Vergine Immacolata parish church in Torvaianica, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated strongly in this working class, seaside town south of Rome, where a community of trans women has found help and hope through a remarkable friendship with the pontiff forged during the darkest times of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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