On May 17th 2016, 18 participants took part in this year’s Miss Pink trans beauty pageant, a traditional pageant for the Nepali transgender community held…
Hidayah SyahputraMay 27, 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
“I still remember the day in 2014 when I met with senior Kerala government officials,” recalls Dr Arumugam Vijayaraman, Deputy Director, Voluntary Health Services (VHS)…
ApcomMarch 22, 2016
The first ever national level meeting on issues and challenges facing intersex people in Nepal was held this week in Kathmandu, providing an important opportunity…
ApcomFebruary 29, 2016
Bandhu Social Welfare Society, often called Bandhu, envisions a Bangladesh where every person, irrespective of their gender and sexuality, is able to lead a quality…
Safir SoeparnaJanuary 23, 2016
In 2009, the Pakistan Supreme Court officially recognized hijras as a third gender, allowing their third gender certification on their national ID and ability to…
ApcomDecember 23, 2015
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
In September 2014, APCOM conducted the region’s pioneer dialogue exploring the roll out of PrEP in Asia and the Pacific called PrEParing Asia. PrEP stands for…
ApcomDecember 23, 2015
The sustainability of many community organisations in the region has been questionable. With the prevailing social stigma and oppresive law, access to funding is difficult for the…
editorJune 25, 2015
