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A beauty pageant for transgender women was discreetly held in Jakarta, to avoid anti-LGBT trouble in the largely conservative Muslim country.

The pair, who were travelling from from Bangkok, were told by immigration officers that they did not satisfy the purpose of their trip.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is considering declassifying transgender identity as a mental disorder in its global list of medical conditions.

Sending a strong signal to the World Health Organisation, Denmark is set to become the first country to no longer define being transgender as a mental illness

Geraldine Roman, who has lived as a woman for 20 years, is hoping to win a seat in Monday's elections

The UK courts has ruled that a transgender woman facing military service as a man in Singapore can stay in the UK

Nisha Ayub has been awarded the Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism in Tokyo today, adding to a number of international awards recognising her work for transgender rights

The event organiser of charity gala and beauty pageant has been charged with promoting vice.

A short documentary by the UK's Channel 4 shows Malaysia's religious police imposing Sharia law on the nation's Muslims

Doctors claim say they are 'uncomfortable' treating a trans person and refuse help for three hours