Transgender news, information and top stories happening in Asia (including Philippines, Thailand, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Pakistan…).
Transgender people are at a disadvantage with division their family estate. Portions of inheritance are determined by gender, with men getting twice as women. For trans siblings, this could present an issue as they were […]
The Senate’s proposed amendments to The Trangender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill would push forward transgender rights in the country. Among the proposals is the removal of consent from a medical board for legal gender […]
Pakistan is making history by sending transgender people as volunteers for Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the very first time. Atif Amin Hussaini, the head of Pakistan Boy Scouts Association in the province […]
Shanavi Ponnusamy applied four times as a cabin crew in national carrier Air India in a span of two years only to be told that there was no category for transwomen. She was unsuccessful in […]
Geraldine Roman, Philippines’ first transgender legislator, made history once again when she took her oath as a reservist officer in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). She acknowledged the efforts of the military in […]
The Indonesian national police are investigating the arrest and detention of 12 transgender women in Aceh, Indonesia last week. The investigation will focus on procedural or ethical violations after reports revealed that the detained trans […]
Police in Aceh, Indonesia raided several beauty salons and detained transgender women who were employed there. Human rights group condemned the action, describing it as inhuman, and called out the police for operating outside of […]
Vulnerable transgender women in the sex industry are routinely extorted by the police and other people in India. This led them to engage in risky sex practices to earn more but also increases their chances […]
Election Commission in Bangladesh has amended the Voter List 2009 and Voter List Regulations 2012 to include third gender option in addition to ‘male’ and ‘female’ options under gender identity section in voter list, a […]
Three transgender men asked Hong Kong’s High Court for a judicial review on Commissioner of Registration’s refusal to issue their identity cards that show their gender identity as male. They claimed that the official refusal […]
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