All Posts Tagged With: "transgenders"

Assigning a gender to be appealed

Source: ABC News Two transgender people who lost the right to be considered male will appeal against the decision in the High Court. Last year, the two, who were born female, won the right to be legally considered male even though they had not undergone surgery to remove their reproductive organs. The state’s Attorney General [...]

8Sep2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

No takers for ‘transgender quota’

Source: expressbuzz.com BANGALORE: The muchappreciated initiative of Bangalore University to reserve some seats for transgender candidates in postgraduate courses has no takers. The university reserved one seat each in all the postgraduate courses for transgender candidates. But it has not received even a single application this year. The reservation proposal was approved at a meeting [...]

5Sep2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgender tales

Source: The Hindu Films In a novel initiative, at the Kovai Rainbow Film Festival, seven transgenders screened documentaries they had filmed covering issues close to their heart Seven transgenders cast off their inhibitions and came forward to take on the world as documentary filmmakers. Armed with a camcorder, they made documentary films about issues that [...]

3Sep2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Singapore native acts out the lives of Asian transsexuals

By Luis Torres de la Llosa (AFP) NEW YORK — The life of a transexual in Asia is limited to sexual work — such is the searing viewpoint of Singapore native Leona Lo, who traveled to New York to present a first-person, three-act play on the subject. The “Ah Kua Show” is a collage of [...]

27Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgenders to be separate category in Census

Press Trust Of India The Technical Advisory Committee constituted by Registrar General has recommended inclusion of transgender community in the census as a separate gender and not as males as is the present practice. In an RTI reply to Dr SE Huda of Bareilly based-NGO SSFA-ESFI, the Registrar General has said that the TAC has [...]

24Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Police arrest, beat transgenders in Ankara

by Rex Wockner Bay Windows Five transgender people were arrested and beaten by police in Ankara, Turkey, on May 17, the Pink Life Association and other rights groups reported. Pink Life said the incident happened near the post office on Baglar Street around 11 p.m. when police used their cars to block passage of a [...]

1Jun2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Kolkata transgenders stage a protest against discrimination

Kolkata, (ANI): Members of transgender community took to the streets on Friday to voice their plight against discrimination by the society and other stigmas. Under the banner of Rista, a forum of transgenders, they took out the rally raising slogans. They mentioned that 30 April is being observed by them as a Black Day to [...]

1May2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Kerala contestant wins Transgender Miss India 2010

From OneIndia News Salem, Apr 12: The Transgender Miss India for the year 2010 went to 23-year-old Sabeetha hailing from Kerala, who was given stiff competition from 19 transgenders from across the country. The second spot was claimed by Manimekala from Salem while Ramya from Bangalore won the third place in the contest held by [...]

13Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Miss Transsexual crowned

From starobserver.com.au Chelsey Mikimoto, a transgender showgirl from Melbourne, was crowned Miss Transsexual Australia 2010 in the country’s first-ever beauty pageant for transsexuals and transgenders, held at Melbourne’s Bar 362 last week. Contestants were judged on their creativity, talent, wit, beauty and confidence. Singapore-born Mikimoto, who performs at cabaret shows, nightclubs and entertainment venues around [...]

9Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Gays, lesbians face discrimination in sharia Aceh

Hotli Simanjuntak , The Jakarta Post Growing up, Faisal was not really aware that he had a different sexual orientation from his friends, but as an adult he is very conscious of his sexuality and the discrimination he suffers as a result. Faisal lives in Aceh, the only province in Indonesia that has Islamic sharia [...]

21Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Transgenders pledge to donate eyes

From ANI Coimbatore, Jan 18: A group of transgenders in Tamil Nadu on Monday pledged to donate their eyes as a part of the Transgender Day celebrations in the state. Every year, transgenders here celebrate Transgender Day on January 18, even though they are still awaiting an official nod to declare the day in their [...]

18Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Iranian transgenders reclassified

by Rex Wockner – pridesource.com International News Briefs Iran’s military will no longer classify transgender people as “mentally disturbed,” said Hasan Mousavi Chelk, who heads the Socially Vulnerable Groups section of the State Agency for National Well-Being. Chelk said Jan. 6 that putting such a determination on transgender people’s military discharge papers creates problems for [...]

13Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

First ever transgender beauty contest kicks off

Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) The first ever dedicated beauty pageant for transgenders – “Vcare Indian Super Queen” kicked off in Mumbai Monday. “The contestants shall be judged on the basis of their creativity, special skills and confidence, and the grand finale shall be held here Feb 21,” transgender activist Laxmi Narain Tripathi told media persons [...]

12Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

Embrace diversity of transgenders

From New Strait Times Since the media went to town with Fatine Young’s immigration dilemma, questions have arisen on whether our society lacks compassion and kindness when it comes to transgenders. AUDREY VIJAINDREN speaks to experts and religious leaders who believe it’s time Malaysians vacate the judgement seat and adopt a more sympathetic approach. RUDE [...]

22Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

Plaque dedicated at transgender memorial

By ARIN MIKAILIAN, The Los Angles Independent A plaque honoring victims who were murdered for being transgender was unveiled Nov. 20 at the Matthew Shepard Triangle in conjunction with the Transgender Day of Remembrance. More than a 100 members of the transgender community and their supporters gathered at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and [...]

28Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

India Unbound

Insiya Amir – The Times of India LGBT — that’s the omnibus term society uses for people with alternative sexuality. But lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders or LGBT is not a homogenous group. There are sections with distinct identities and some fluid ones. As the debate moves forward on creating more awareness of alternative sexuality, [...]

24Oct2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

Transgenders in Chennai launch their own marriage website

By Channel NewsAsia’s India Correspondent Damanjeet Kohli NEW DELHI : Transgenders in India’s Chennai city have launched their own marriage website through which they hope to find like-minded suitors. One can often see them dancing at weddings or at the blessing ceremonies of newborn babies. They appear uninvited to seek money. And it is not [...]

19Oct2009 | | 1 comment | Continued

Transgenders get their own beauty parlour

Ambika Pandit – Times of India FARIDABAD: Like most beauty parlours in Delhi and NCR, Simmy is preparing for the big rush during the Karvachauth festival on October 7. The beautician’s diary is already brimming with appointments for the special day. But unlike other parlours, Simmi’s clients are all men. Welcome to Queer Beauty Parlour, [...]

1Oct2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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