INDIA | 20140329145030| ILGA-ASIA
Adding a new dimension to her battle in securing her community’s rights, a well known transgender and activist is making her electoral debut in the April 27 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu. Activist Kalki Subramaniam, a writer and an actor, would contest from Pollachi, her home town, as an independent.

PHILIPPINES | 20140329081822| ILGA-ASIA
A transgender woman has filed a complaint for discrimination before the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office against two security guards for barring her from entering the women's bathroom at her workplace.

INDIA | 20140328040242| ILGA-ASIA
The Election Commission, which has the mammoth task of organising the upcoming poll, has introduced an 'others' gender option for voter identity cards.

INDIA | 20140328040038| ILGA-ASIA
With 6,630 voters in Uttar Pradesh enumerated as “Others,” the State has the highest number of third-gender voters. Andhra Pradesh comes second with 4,421 followed by Karnataka with 3,233.

INDIA | 20140328035615| ILGA-ASIA
As many as 3,233 people from the transgender community have signed up to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka. This is an increase of around 10.5 per cent from last year’s number of 2,919.

INDIA | 20140328035418| ILGA-ASIA
Kidnapped as a boy and transformed into a transgender, he was compelled to walk the first steps of adulthood as a prostitute. Brutalised and battered for three years, he sought justice and a city court on Friday framed charges against 13 accused.

THAILAND | 20140326010137| ILGA-ASIA
The Land of Smiles is a gay-friendly playground of brazen lady boys and sexual license, right? Well, not quite.

INDIA | 20140326010130| ILGA-ASIA
The Aam Aadmi Party will put the legalization of homosexuality at the top of its election manifesto as it seeks to win its first seats in the Indian Parliament and break into national politics.