Transgender news, information and top stories happening in Asia (including Philippines, Thailand, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan…).
Pioneering research on transgender population in China reveals mental health issues and struggle for acceptance. Considered to have the largest sample size, the National Survey of the Transgender and Gender Non-conforming Population in China was […]
“Allah does not care if you are transgender” said Shinta Ratri, founder of a boarding school for transgender Muslims in Java, Indonesia. School has become a refuge for LGBT people as a place of worship. […]
As China’s state government wields ever increasing control over the country’s culture and society, its treatment of transgender individuals is a complicated push-and-pull between public acceptance and privately held conservative beliefs. In an in-depth review […]
Transgender women in Indonesia are called waria — a portmanteau of wanita meaning woman and pria meaning man – according to report by NPR last November 2. Although they have been a part of Indonesian […]
Transgender advocates celebrated the victory on China’s first ever transgender discrimination lawsuit, Vox reported last July 27. A court in southwestern city of Guiyang ruled that the rights of Mr. C, a transgender man, were […]
IndiaToday magazine reported on Monday that transgender passengers will be able to get tickets that bear the option T besides M (for male) and F (for female). The Railway Board is updating its files to […]
Pakistan was in the international news lately for the gruesome killing of an unidentified transgender person whose beheaded and decomposing body was dumped in north-western city of Peshawar last Sunday. With growing concerns over the […]
Outside of China, Jin Xing, 49, is relatively unknown. In her country, her TV talk show The Jin Xing Show draws 100 million viewers a week, making her China’s Oprah Winfrey. She was also a […]
Police are investigating the circumstances leading to the death of an unidentified transgender body that was found in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar according to an AFP report published by Channel News Asia website […]
India’s transgender citizens have made significant milestones the past few years, becoming respected members in society as models, beauty queens, principals and trial court judge like Joyita Mondal. Now, Aizya Naaz Joshi made history by […]
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