Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Friday, March 22, 2013

South Korean Court Rules Trans People Can Change Gender Markers Without SRS

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Some positive news on the international trans human rights front coming out of South Korea.   On March 15 the Seoul Western District Cou...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

BBC Documentary- Ladyboys

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The Land of Smiles best looking girls it is said are the ones that were born as boys.  This BBC documentary follows some of the girls li...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

PC Air Hits Some Business Turbulence

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The ten month old Thai airline PC Air that garnered international attention and publicity when it hired trans flight attendants for its cr...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Vietnamese Trans Woman Comes Out On National Telecast.

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People tell me they thought it was brave for me to come out in the middle of an international airport terminal back in 1993.   But what I ...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Korea's Next Top Model Features Trans Woman

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It took America's Next Top Model 11 seasons before Isis King broke ground as the first open trans woman to appear on the show.   Its...
Saturday, July 07, 2012

Yollada Getting Drama Already

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TransGriot Note: Thanks to my friend Robert Ganshorn in Thailand for sending me the link to the Bangkok Post story. I posted the story a...
Monday, June 04, 2012

Naw China, We Haven't Forgotten What Today Is

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June 4, 1989 Student demonstrators calling for government reform and an end to corruption in their government occupied Tiananmen Square...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Rani Found Not Guilty In 2010 Pakistan Marriage Case

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Remember Rani, the Pakistani transwoman who was arrested during a raid of her northwest Pakistan birthday party and falsely accused of attem...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Yollada Wins In Thailand!

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The ranks of trans politicians around the world just increased by one.   Congrats to Yollada 'Nok' Suanyot who made history in her h...
Friday, May 18, 2012

Thai Transwoman Running For Political Office

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Some wonderful news coming out of the Land of Smiles is that an accomplished transwoman and local activist is running for political office...
Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Happy 10th Anniversary STRAP!

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The Society of Transsexual Women of The Philippines and I have in common wishing to see trans people in our nations and around the world ga...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Indian Trans Ceremony Turns Deadly

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Indian transpeople who were gathering in New Delhi for an event ended up experiencing a horrific tragedy instead.   The early on the sc...
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Miss Amazing Philippine Beauties 2011

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The finals of the 9th annual Miss Amazing Philippine Beauties trans pageant are happening November 19 (today on our side of the Internatio...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Is The Desire For White Skin In Thailand Negatively Impacting African Diaspora Transwomen's Chances To Win The MIQ Title?

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I wrote about the controversial conclusion of the 2011 edition of the Thailand based Miss International Queen Pageant and wondered aloud ...
Friday, November 04, 2011

Miss International Queen 2011 Ends In Controversy

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Miss International Queen has become the defacto must win international title in the trans pageant world over its seven year history becau...