カテゴリー: Transgender
Saim Sadiq’s film explores the unsettled social and sexual identities of a widower and his children with delicacy and tendernessThe right way to feel love, and the right way to feel part of a family, are the insoluble difficulties at the heart of this …
Anne Jakrajutatip, boss of JKN Global, recently made headlines by buying the firm behind the contest for $20mAnne Jakrajutatip, 43, has a story unlike many of the world’s media moguls. Growing up in Bangkok, the child of shop owners, she felt that she …
Ridiculed and persecuted for years, members of Khwaja Sira have staged their first march in support of trans rightsOstracised and stigmatised for decades, Pakistan’s transgender community came together this weekend to take part in the country’s first m…
Cannes Jury prize-winning Joyland had previously been banned following objections by Islamist hardlinersA Pakistani film portraying romance between a married man and a transgender woman was cleared for domestic screenings on Wednesday, officials said, …
Islamic groups denounce film that won prestigious jury prize at Cannes and has Malala Yousafzai as executive directorThe Pakistan government has banned the film that will be its Oscars contender after pressure from hardline Islamic groups who called it…
Jakapong ‘Anne’ Jakrajutatip has spoken about her experience as a transgender woman and advocated for trans rightsA Thai celebrity media tycoon who is transgender woman has bought the Miss Universe Organization for $20m, marking the first time the beau…
Tokyo high court rules that child born after woman’s legal gender change should not be recognised as her daughterA Japanese court has ruled that a child born after a transgender woman went through her surgical and legal transition should not be recogni…
Event returns for first time in many years on Sunday as city appoints governor vocal in supporting LGBT communityKath Khangpiboon has seen many joyful Pride parades abroad. She has watched in Spain and Canada as young people and families joined celebra…
Participants including Aravani trans art collective are shifting perceptions in male-dominated societyEven through the haze of shimmering heat and thick Delhi dust, the mural is impossible to miss. Pinks, blues, greens and yellows pop off the wall, com…
Rally and vigil held in Islamabad to highlight discrimination and attacks on community, including murders of five trans women in MarchMano had gone to meet her boyfriend at a printing press in Peshawar’s Qissa Khwani bazaar to get back some money he ha…
Human Rights Watch reports cases of mob attacks, gang-rape and death threats, with LGBTQ+ people living in fear and unable to fleeThe lives of LGBTQ+ people in Afghanistan have “dramatically worsened” under Taliban rule, according to a new survey, whic…
Founder Aryan Pasha wants La Beauté & Style to be an inclusive and comfortable space, as well as tackle prejudice and provide employmentThe beauty treatments listed at the new La Beauté & Style salon are much the same as those offered by the do…
Advocates welcome bill allowing for self-identification they say upholds rights for transgender and non-binary New ZealandersNew Zealand’s rainbow community will be allowed to change the sex recorded on their birth certificates without providing eviden…
Large numbers linked to previous administration are stranded in Afghanistan, with calls for the UK to broker rapid mass evacuationCalls for the government to speed up the evacuation of gay, lesbian and transgender Afghans intensified on Saturday after …
In One Thousand Dreams, award-winning photographer Robin Hammond hands the camera to refugees. Often reduced by the media’s toxic or well-meaning narratives, the portraits and interviews capture a different and more complex tale‘Never stop dreaming’: r…