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Multi-country study on transgender rights and gender recognition in Asia released

September 21, 2017 Maki 4

Findings from a study that reviewed transgender rights in Asia revealed that most transgender people are not able to obtain official identification documents that reflect the gender identity they recognized themselves with. This lack of […]

Kerala medical colleges to open transgender clinics soon

September 20, 2017 Maki 1

The government in the state of Kerala, India is going to establish clinics for transgender people and introduce sex-change operations in all state-run medical colleges. The Press Trust of India (PTI) website reported on September […]

Limitless: The Woman Behind the Crown | Bee Urgello

July 21, 2017 Maki 0

Cebu, Philippines. Transgender beauty queen Bee Urgello narrates her life story on the recently held TEDx Lahug in Cebu City, Philippines. She bravely shares the pain that she endured to be the woman that she […]

Cebu City has its first Pride March

June 29, 2017 Maki 0

Cebu City, Philippines. Last June 24, 2017, the streets of Cebu City were filled with beautiful colours as members of the LGBTIQ and allies paraded with their colourful costumes while bannering the rainbow flag. It […]

First trans man elected to public office in Japan

March 20, 2017 Cyril 1

Tomoya Hosoda is the first trans man ever to be elected to public office in Japan. The 25 years old young man was elected as councillor for the city of Iruma, located in Saitama Prefecture, […]

In Thailand, LGBT inmates are separated from the others

February 2, 2017 Cyril 2

From the 300,000 inmates in Thai prisons, 6,000 are reported to belong to sexual minorities. A recent article from the Associated Press describes this little known policy that aims at separating LGBT inmates from the rest. “I […]

Police cancels transgender cultural event in Indonesia

January 23, 2017 Cyril 0

The South Sulawesi Police cancelled a Bugis cultural event involving transgender participants, last Thursday, apparently under the pressure of a Muslim group. The event was set to take place in the Soppeng Regency from January 19 to 22, […]

Transgender activist sets precedent for Thai transgender students

January 20, 2017 Cyril 0

Thai transgender activist Nada Chaiyajit, 37 years old, completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Phayao in northern Thailand in August 2016, but her university refused to issue her graduation certificate. The reason: she submitted […]

Fashion show in India will feature a transgender model for the first time

January 18, 2017 Cyril 0

Anjali Lama, 32, originally from Nepal, will perform at the Lakmé Fashion Week, set to take place in Mumbai from February 1 to February 5. She originally auditioned for the show last year but got rejected. This […]

Filipino transgender woman casted for When We Rise

January 13, 2017 Maki 0

Ivory Aquino, a Filipino transgender woman who moved to the U.S. when she was a teenager, always dreamed of being an actress, but being a transgender woman seemed to be a hindrance to realise that […]

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