Activist Rachana Mudraboyina of the famous transgender pop-group Spicy Girls tells us all about it. Tollywood has been stepping up big time to help those in need during the coronavirus pandemic, ...

Fans are raving about Dev Patel’s “Monkey Man” for its thrilling action sequences and poignant revenge storyline, but for LGBTQ South Asians, the film holds a particular significance. The film ...

Sneha, a transgender person with a social circle in Tollywood, has acted in a number of movies in Telugu. In a recent YouTube interview, Sneha claimed that several Tollywood actors regularly reach out ...

Each year, in April or May, thousands from India’s third-gender community, known as hijra, travel to the sleepy village of Koovagam. For 18 days, they participate in a colorful and deeply spiritual ...

The Islamic new year, known as Al-Hijra, begins on Friday and marks the beginning of Muharram, the first month of the Muslim lunar calendar. The lunar calendar, or Hijri, has been used for more than 1 ...

Former India opener Gautam Gambhir dressed up as woman has stormed the internet as his image has gone viral. He has donned the dress and bindhi for a great cause and that is to show solidarity to the ...

The first madrassa, or Islamic school, specifically for transgender students in Bangladesh opened last week in the capital city of Dhaka. It was a first not only in the country, but across South Asia, ...

Muslims worldwide will celebrate today the Islamic New Year or Hijra marking the Prophet Mohammed's (PBUH) migration from Makkah to Madinah. Muslims consider this blessed event the best time of the ...

Kicked out of other prayer services, members of Bangladesh’s transgender hijra community have been welcomed at a new mosque in the Muslim-majority nation with the promise of worship without ...