Not My Rights Movement
Currently, LGBTIQCAPGNGFNBA is believed to be the world’s longest acronym used to describe human sexual orientations and gender identities. Chances are it’s already been surpassed by an even longer...
View ArticleTransgenders pour heart out in first album for equal rights
NEW DELHI: Music is a universal leveller. And, in a first of sorts, nine transgenders hope to achieve that with their first album—Songs of the Caravan—launched in the capital on Saturday by CPI MP...
View ArticleFifty-fifty: Half a century of Dravidian rule
After delivering a lecture on the state of the transgender community at a Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association function recently, transgender activist Priya Babu was faced with a...
View ArticleKerala to host first sports meet exclusively for transgender athletes
Kerala will hold an exclusive day-long transgender athletic meet, a first in the country, at the central stadium in the state capital on April 28. The event reflects the state’s policy to stop the...
View Article“I Want to Live With My Head Held High”
Summary In recent years the government of Bangladesh has taken important steps toward acknowledging and protecting hijras, but the implementation of promising decrees and programs has exposed hijras to...
View Article85 candidates in the fray from Thoothukudi
A total of 85 candidates are in the fray in the six Assembly constituencies, District Election officer M. Ravikumar said here on Monday after releasing the list of candidates. In Thoothukudi...
View ArticleBreaking free
“Recognition of transgenders as a third gender is not a social or medical issue but a human rights issue,” declared Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan in April 2014 when the Indian Supreme Court recognised...
View ArticleSex workers, kidnappers, omens... never just human
Members from the community talk about the discrimination and assumptions they are met with in daily life April 2014 marked a turning point for the transgender movement in India when the Supreme Court...
View ArticleRight is might
We all know of their stories of pain, loss and struggles, but that they also rise above all of it, is not a usual narrative for the society. With Akkai Padmashali receiving the State Rajyotsava Award —...
View ArticleTransgender? A Doctor Won’t See You Now
Trans patients face do-or-die situations when trying to find transition care. But the medical community is not ready for them. Shop ▾ “This is not about [some hazy notion of] being able to be who you...
View Article“All Five Fingers Are Not the Same”
Summary All five fingers are not the same…. People should be respected for who they are. —Thehan, 43-year-old gay man, Colombo, November 2015 In Sri Lanka, there are two frames: man and woman. Society...
View ArticleLiberty, equality, identity: Giving wings to the transgender community in India
In April last year, the Rajya Sabha passed The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014, heralding the first steps towards equality for the transgender (TG) community. Paving the way for a law, the...
View ArticleIndian ad with transgender mom stirs debate -- and tears
New Delhi (CNN)An advert challenging the norms of a traditional family in India has gone viral, with more than 9 million views on YouTube. The ad's storyline pushes the issue of transgender rights...
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Country Profiles: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The following are excerpts from the Human Rights Watch 2017 World Report that relate to the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. The report, released in January...
View ArticleThe Best Place to Be Trans Is a Dictatorship
Thailand’s new constitution may protect transgender people from discrimination—but not in the way that you think. Thailand made headlines last week for proposing that its new constitution should...
View ArticleWho Decides What Makes a Woman?
When I read a recent New York Times article by Elinor Burkett titled, "What Makes a Woman?" I found that I agreed with her on one point. I too thought that small minority of transgender people...
View Article10 biggest misconceptions about transgender men and women
According to two studies conducted in 2007 and 2009 by LGBT demographer, Gary Gates, approximately 700,000 Americans, about 0.3 percent of U.S. adults, identify as being transgender. With that many...
View ArticleWhy gender became the ultimate forum for self-expression
Gender identity is now embedded in many people’s self-perception, as well as in day-to-day bureaucracy. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img=""...
View ArticleFirst trans fest set to break gender barriers
An upcoming festival in Bengaluru will showcase the best of transgender talent - from spoken word, to dance and drama Narthaki Nataraj is among the most visible dancers on Chennai's culture circuit....
View ArticleBeing transgender: facts, myths and rights
WASHINGTON: Transgender people live under dramatically varying circumstances around the world — often facing violent repression, but also conquering crucial new rights most notably in Europe and the...
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