Born to Muslim and Hindu parents on the island paradise of Bali, Indonesia, Yasmine began life as the only boy in a family of five…
Andrey TranMarch 7, 2018
Muthukumar Natesan is the Director of Lotus Sangam, a community-based organization that supports the rights and well-being of gay men and transgender people in rural…
Safir SoeparnaJuly 31, 2017
Resma, a third gender daughter of an engineer father and a professor mother from the Bihar state of India, devotes her time and energy towards…
Safir SoeparnaMay 5, 2017
What do you do when an illness you have defines you? When the social stigma attached to the illness you carry leads to discrimination, prejudice…
Safir SoeparnaNovember 21, 2016
The storyteller, John, is a Chief Executive of an Information and Technology (IT) Company in the Philippines. When diagnosed with HIV two years ago, self-stigma…
Safir SoeparnaNovember 2, 2016
Now running a family business of real estate and light manufacturing, our Board member Tony Sakulpong pursued his early career path as a clinical microbiologist…
Safir SoeparnaNovember 2, 2016
The storyteller, Ferry, is 33 years old, and living in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ferry was a male sex worker. After being diagnosed with HIV, he didn't think…
Safir SoeparnaOctober 28, 2016
Lotus Integrated AIDS Awareness Sangram (LOTUS) is an organization based in Tamil Nadu, India, that blossomed out of a pre-existing social network of ‘kothis’ –…
ApcomApril 11, 2016
Early last year, in a progressive move, the Indian Supreme Court ruled to legally recognise the third gender. The government was ordered to provide transgender…
ApcomDecember 23, 2015
