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Advocates urged Japan to update existing legal gender change rules

December 14, 2017 Maki 0

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 […]

Survey of transgender population in China revealed

December 1, 2017 Maki 0

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 […]

World’s only Islamic boarding school for transgender Muslims fighting a backlash

November 18, 2017 Maki 2

“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. […]

Public acceptance and conservative beliefs mark transgender rights in China

November 13, 2017 Maki 1

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 […]

Young doctor, university professor bring care and hope to transgender women in Indonesia

November 8, 2017 Maki 1

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 won landmark victory on discrimination lawsuit in China

November 3, 2017 Maki 1

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 […]

India railway tickets to have a transgender category

November 2, 2017 Maki 1

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 […]

Transgender advocates in Pakistan demand protection, representation in Parliament

October 29, 2017 Maki 0

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 […]

Oprah of China is multi-titled transgender woman

October 27, 2017 Maki 2

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 […]

Beheaded transgender person found by Pakistani police

October 25, 2017 Maki 1

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 […]

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