India
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Barack Obama’s inspirational answer to a question from a trans woman will give you hope too
Wednesday, December 6, 2017Obama reminds us yet again why we wish he was still the one in the White House. -
It’s official: Leo Varadkar is now Ireland’s first gay prime minister
Wednesday, June 14, 2017He's also the youngest, and the first of both Irish and Indian descent. -
University waives tuition for transgender students
Friday, April 14, 2017The university is in India and the local government has taken other steps that recognize transgender people as an oppressed class. -
India issues pro-trans public accommodations guidelines
Thursday, April 6, 2017The government issued guidelines this week that urged state governments to ensure that transgender people are recognized as equal citizens. -
You’ll boo this loser as he pays the price for his homophobia on a blind date
Tuesday, April 4, 2017A woman ends a blind date with class when her potential love interest loses it over a gay couple holding hands. -
This heartwarming Vicks ad celebrates transgender mothers
Sunday, April 2, 2017Based on a true story, the ad depicts an Indian trans woman and the sacrifices she made for her adopted daughter, who in turn wants to fight for her mother's rights. -
Transgender model Anjali Lama breaks barriers in India’s fashion world
Saturday, February 4, 2017Anjali Lama has become the first transgender woman to model at one of the top events on India's fashion calendar and one sponsored by a top Indian cosmetics brand. -
Indian censors will allow music video with vaguely gay scene to be shown on TV
Friday, February 3, 2017A ten second scene in which the two men in the video appear on a bed only in shorts - not engaging in sexual activity - was deemed too "intimate." -
Nuns in India have started a school for transgender dropouts
Thursday, January 5, 2017This may be the very first group of its kind in all of India. -
Violent attacks on transgender women end in two more tragic deaths
Monday, November 28, 2016In India, police officers hurled abuse at a transgender woman and told her to “go die” before she was found engulfed in flames.
