This three day conference focuses on the social, physical, emotional, spiritual and relational health of all gender variant people on the FTM spectrum and their significant others, friends, families, and allies.
The male role of Hastiin Tłʼa was that of the medicine man. Their female role was that of a weaver. This artist, Hastiin Tłʼa, broke tradition when capturing the patterns used in their elusive impermanent sandpaintings in the relative stability or…
In the manifesto he wrote to liberate homosexuals, he argues: “to earn ourselves any place in the sun, we must with perseverance and self-discipline work collectively … for the first-class citizenship of minorities everywhere, including ourselves.”
"We are discovering how difficult it is to describe to others what it is like to be transgendered. We are amazed that despite our elaborate explanations, no one can ever quite understand our experience until we realize that neither have we ever…
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance empowers LGBTQ+ Asians and Pacific Islanders through movement capacity building, policy advocacy, and representation. Founded in 2005 as a federation of dozens of small, volunteer-run groups across…
Today, Hijra performs dances, songs, and blessings at both births and weddings of Hindus. To many Hindus, hijras benefit a baby when they confer fertility, prosperity, and long life on the child. One to two days after a marriage ceremony—hijras will…
The video opens with a young trans person adorning herself in Thai spiritual attire. It suggests that imagining one's total acceptance, including the embrace of one's spiritual community becomes proof of one's humanity. Veering from the topic of…
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is a transgender/Hijra rights activist, bollywood actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer and motivational speaker in Mumbai, India. She is also the Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of kinnar akhada. She was born in Malti Bai…