Transgender news, information and top stories happening in Asia (including Philippines, Thailand, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan…).
The state of Terrenganu is poised to implement transgender conversion plans with the hope of rehabilitating transgender people back to what the state considered as normal. LGBT advocate criticized the move, stating that it will […]
A short video that shows everyday harassment against transgender people and to change gesture of ridicule to one of support went viral in Pakistan. Uploaded by the Asia Pacific Transgender Network, they hoped that the […]
Pink Tiffany, a documentary on the life of model, businesswoman, and LGBT advocate Meghna Lama, premiered in Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival. Audience hailed Lama as a role model and congratulated the filmmakers Miranda Morton […]
Current rules on legal gender recognition require the removal of gonads of applicants. United Nations said sterilization as a prerequisite to gender change constitutes human rights violation. The Japanese Justice Ministry claimed that the said […]
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 […]
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