Trans Rights

Amid backlash against LGBTQ rights, Warsaw holds gay pride parade after a two-year gap

The joyful and colourful celebration was tinged with fear of what the future holds for the rights of gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people after setbacks first in Russia and now in Hungary.

Miss South Africa to allow trans women to participate for first time; contestants expected to have 'amended sex' ID proof

The competition itself was previously hailed for breaking beauty stereotypes by crowning Zozibini Tunzi — a short-haired woman with a darker complexion — as the 2019 winner.

Model, actress Leyna Bloom on being first trans woman of colour to appear in Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

For Bloom, featuring in the SI Swimsuit issue is a platform for activism and, with it, representation for her less visible, often embattled trans sisterhood.

Bangladesh's Boishakhi TV hires country’s first-ever transgender news anchor, to champion trans visibility and rights

Tashnuva Anan Shishir, who previously worked as a rights activist and actress, debuted on Dhaka-based Boishakhi TV on Monday, International Women’s Day.

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'The cis gendered population does not perceive trans people as capable'

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time.

The transphobia of Pati, Patni aur Panga: MX Player show's ignorant writing uses trans experiences solely to elicit humour

The premise of this show, produced by Jay Sahni and Anushree Mehta, is novel, interesting, and full of potential, but the treatment is atrocious and cringeworthy.

French trans youth dies by suicide after tensions with school officials; students hold protests

Classmates said Fouad, 17, had recently decided to go public about identifying as female and had been summoned to speak with a school official after she wore a skirt to class

How films like Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare promote nuanced dialogue on trans identities and rights

The tangible shift in the manner in which Bollywood is maturing in articulating issues pertaining to gender dysphoria, trans identities and struggles lends one hope that the public discourse will also catch up with the same

The Friday List: From the storytelling spectacle dastangoi to a tour of ringmaster Gregangelo's home museum, your weekly calendar of virtual events

Every Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.

Faced with daunting challenges in lockdown, trans men in India rely on online, offline support from community

The lockdown has not only caused trans men in rural and urban India to be stuck in unsupportive quarantine spaces, but also increased the inaccessibility of regular testosterone shots and gender affirming surgery, thus adding to their dysphoria and other mental health issues.