Articles about Transgenders

Four transgender persons in Tripura have accused police officers of stripping them naked and "disclosing gender."

Dipanjali Chhetri, who is the first trans woman participant at the LIVA Miss Diva 2021, on Tuesday said her inclusion in the Top 50 of the beauty pageant has opened doors for more women from her community to achieve their dreams.

Demi Lovato, an ardent supporter and member of the LGBT community, recently spoke out against the trend of gender reveal parties.

As identical twins - Mayla Rezende and Sofia Albuquerck - did everything hand in hand, and their life-changing decision to undergo a gender confirmation surgery was no exception.

Juno actor Elliot Page has announced he and his wife Emma Portner have decided to end their three-year-old marriage.

US President Joe Biden is set to issue an executive order to reverse a Pentagon policy that bars transgenders from joining the military, dumping a ban ordered by former President Donald Trump during his first year in office, a person briefed on the decision told The Associated Press.

In India, transgender persons face discrimination, injustice, abuse, rejection, and isolation from society in almost every aspect of their lives.

Despite the United States Department of State's rejection of all embassy requests to hoist LGBTQ+ rainbow flags to mark Pride month, several US diplomats around the world, are doing it anyway.

Attending a wedding function proved costly for a 22-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur.

Two transgender students were allegedly gang-raped in Bengaluru on Sunday evening by three men.

Eight years ago, when Saloni, a transgender, fell in love with Gulam Nabi Ansari and the couple continued their relationship, they faced opposition from their families and were ridiculed by people.

A man and a transgender "married" in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on the occasion of Valentine's Day yesterday.

In a first, the Indian National Congress has appointed transgender journalist and activist, Apsara Reddy, as the National General Secretary of its women's wing, the All India Mahila Congress (AIMC).

It's that time of the year, when several beauties, from all across the world, come together to compete for the Miss World and Miss Universe titles.

In the wee hours of Sunday, four transgender persons trying to gain entry to the Sabarimala temple were blocked by the Kerala police.

This year's Miss Universe pageant will be ground-breaking.

After a video of transgenders stripping on the newly constructed Signature Bridge went viral, the police have registered a case of obscenity in public in the matter.

For the first time, Pakistan's Supreme Court will hire two transgenders and provide them jobs in the court, said Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar on Tuesday.

Encouraged by the Supreme Court's verdict of decriminalising homosexuality, India's first transgender bureaucrat, Aishwarya Rituparna Pradhan, wishes to get married to her long-time boyfriend.

A transgender in Pakistan died on Saturday after he was set on fire allegedly by four persons when he resisted their attempt to sexually assault him.

The number of transgender voters has increased by over 300 in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh as compared to the 2013 state elections, an official said.

Scotland's Edinburgh University is set to hand out pronoun badges to freshers joining in a new term so they know whether to refer to each other as "he", "she" or "they".

In what can be seen as a protest against police crackdown on illegal activities, a group of transgenders stripped naked on the streets of Green Park in South Delhi, obviously causing traffic woes for the public.

Days after Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi created controversy by calling transgenders "the other ones," she has tweeted an "apology," claiming she didn't know "the official terminology for the transgender community."

State-funded shelter homes for women and children in Bihar may get transgender security guards as the government has instructed authorities to prefer them during recruitment.

A transwoman won probably the biggest battle of her life after Bombay High Court, on Wednesday, directed her employer Airports Authority of India (AAI) to make the requested changes in her name and gender in the service record.

The West Bengal government is set to sponsor a literary meet for transgender writers and authors from across West Bengal.

When Hiranmay Dey underwent a sex-reassignment surgery (SRS) in 2017 to become Suchitra Dey, she felt she may have just won her life's biggest battle.

Akkai Padmashali, a transgender woman who has been conferred Karnataka Rajyotsava Award, is facing numerous hurdles in buying her dream home.

In a marriage hall in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, a transsexual couple tied the knot on Thursday under Special Marriages Act.

Once, there was a "woman" and a "man" who were ostracised by their families and harassed by the society over their transgender status.

Pakistan's first school for transgenders opened in Lahore on Monday.

It's almost been four years since India's apex court recognized transgenders as the third gender, but cases of discriminatory harassment are common.

On Friday, the White House announced a policy which bans transgender people from serving in the US military "except under certain limited circumstances".

A transwoman has sought permission from the president for mercy killing after having failed to secure a job as an airhostess with Air India.

Guwahati is one week away from its fifth pride parade. Other smaller Indian towns are also beginning their LGBTQI movement.

It is raining good news for Jammu and Kashmir's transgender community.

Malaysia is reportedly planning on introducing a controversial conversion therapy targeting transgender women.

India is a diverse nation, but is it pluralistic?

Bhubaneswar in Odisha has become India's third city to have a transgender toilet, courtesy the municipal corporation and Bhubaneswar Development Authority.