Madhu Kinnar's wins comes after the Indian Supreme Court ruled last April that transgender people be recognized as the third sex, be accorded social acceptability and an equal standing under Indian law.
Speaking at a forum on ‘gender identity disorder’, a social science lecturer at a Malaysian University has said that rape and “environmental toxins” are among several factors that encourage people to become transgender.
Malaysian Islamic-purity enforcing police are making it increasingly difficult for transgender men and women to live a life without fear of arrest and harassment in a country where Islam is the official religion.
The Indian federal government has asked the Supreme Court to modify its landmark ruling that accepted transgender people as a socially and economically backward caste eligible to various affirmative action accorded to other marginalized sections of society
Delhi University has officially accepted transgender men and women for their postgraduate programmers this year and have plans to extend this policy to undergraduate courses as well.
A transgender man will challenge the Hong Kong government over its controversial Marriage (Amendment) Bill that requires transgender people to undergo a sex-change operation in order to marry or be legally recognized by their chosen gender.
The Pink Alliance announced today that Geena Rocero, a Filipino-American fashion model who made international headlines after she revealed that she's transgender, would participate in a candlelight vigil, taking place on Friday, 16 May at 6.30pm at Charter Garden in Central.
A public service video campaign using transgender women to get motorists to use their seat belts while driving on Indian roads has gone viral on the Internet.
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