Transgender news, information and top stories happening in Asia (including Philippines, Thailand, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan…).
An Instagram Reel shared by Humans of Bombay shows a video of an 87-year-old grandmother and the story of how she had come to accept her trans granddaughter. Netizens who saw the video described it […]
Filipino trans activists and scholars are teaming up to create an anthology of Filipino trans experiences. The book will be titled “Trans Pilipinas: An Anthology by Trans and Gender Diverse Filipinos” which aims to provide […]
In conservative Pakistan, a 35-year-old trans woman opens a shop at the Karachi market, one of the brand new markets in the area. Jiya, who goes only by a single name has done a groundbreaking […]
March 8 marked International Women’s Day but it was also the first time that a trans news reader graced national television in Bangladesh. 29-year-old Tashnuva Shishir delivered a 3-minute news bulletin on a private TV […]
Thailand is known for having a huge transgender population. Many trans women participate in pageants, cabaret shows, and adult entertainment. It is rare for trans women to find careers outside of those industries, especially when […]
For hijras (intersex and transgender people in India), surviving often means having to resort to begging or prostitution. They are often harassed and pushed aside because of the stigma that comes with being trans in […]
Mela Franco Habijan won Miss Trans Global 2020 in September last year, beating 17 other girls for the crown. This year she excitedly shared on her social media that she is going to be on […]
In the city of Manila, businesses will need to have gender-neutral toilets for their clients or customers for their business permit renewal to be issued due to the recent signing of an ordinance to protect […]
Being a trans individual in a predominantly Muslim country, Hendrika Kelan is breaking barriers by being Indonesia’s first transgender to hold a place in public office. Kelan just turned 34 years old last week and […]
A Beijing court ruled in favor of a trans woman for being wrongfully terminated after she had sex reassignment surgery. Beijing DangDang Information Technology Co. Ltd. fired Gao Moumou, who worked as a product director […]
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