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Chennai corporation to hire transgenders as drone operators

June 30, 2022 10:10 am

The members of the transgender community were provided training by retired wing commander KR Srikanth, who is now the head of operations of the Remote Pilot Training Organization in Chennai.

Filipina wins transgender pageant in Thailand

June 26, 2022 12:01 pm

"My first message to everyone is to spread love and peace and unity because that is the most important thing that we do as of the moment and what's happening in the world right now," said Ravena who wore a glittery-silver evening gown.

How the documentary Trans Kashmir individualises a community which is often kept at bay

June 26, 2022 6:36 pm

A new documentary by S Akmal Hanan and Surbhi Dewan shines a personalised light on a section of Kashmir nobody wants to talk about — its transgender community

Queerphobia at workplace: How companies can make offices inclusive and LGBTQ-friendly

June 22, 2022 12:36 pm

According to Dr Sahir Jamati, such thinking may be an outcome of "continuous conflict between minority and dominant social/cultural belief system leading to experiences like harassment, discrimination, victimisation, mal-treatments, etc. further leading to physical and mental health suffering"

After a political storm, gay days return to Disney

June 15, 2022 12:45 pm

The anti-LGBTQ protests culminated in 1997, when the Southern Baptist Convention announced a formal boycott, spurred, in part, by Disney’s refusal to block Gay Days. (The church lifted the boycott in 2005.) Would Gay Days 2022 mark a return to that divisive time?

Elliot Page opens up about his transition in new interview: 'Transphobia is just so extreme'

June 03, 2022 3:46 pm

"The experience of being in my body now is so different. I’m absolutely hooked," the actor said about his workout routine

Laverne Cox makes history as Mattel's first-ever transgender Barbie

May 27, 2022 12:17 pm

Cox, who will turn 50, also shared that as a kid, she wanted to play with Barbie dolls, but her mother refused, because she was assigned male at birth

Transgender actor from Pakistan Alina Khan makes red carpet debut at Cannes Film Festival 2022

May 24, 2022 3:11 pm

Alina Khan starred in the feature film by Saim Sadiq; she was seen donning many stunning looks

Few transgender children change their minds after 5 years, study finds

May 06, 2022 12:28 pm

The data comes from the Trans Youth Project, a well-known effort following 317 children across the United States and Canada who underwent a so-called social transition between 3 and 12. Participants transitioned, on average, at age 6 1/2.

Delhi HC asks Delhi govt to disclose steps taken for creation of separate toilets for transgenders

April 21, 2022 7:14 pm

The division bench of acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla also directed the government to disclose whether separate toilets for transgenders are being created in public places that are being constructed or developed now.

Transgender models audition in New Delhi

February 09, 2016 10:30 am

A walk-in transgender model audition was conducted on Sunday (February 7) by Rudrani Chettri, who is setting up a transgender modelling agency in New Delhi.

Eunuchs' festival in Tamil Nadu

May 14, 2014 12:56 pm

Eunuchs from all over India gather in this village to re-enact a story adopted from Mahabharata, in which they symbolically marry Aravan, believed to be the patron god of transgender communities.

Meet Navya Singh | An Aspiring Trans-Woman Model | Indian Transgender | Lakme Fashion Week

June 22, 2020 6:22 pm

A Beauty Pageant For The Misidentified Gender

June 22, 2020 7:01 pm

Watch the video on transgender models Navya and Saiba were both selected for the final round of the trans-woman beauty pageant scheduled to take place in Delhi