ADDED ON: 01/21/2021
Bangladesh’s first trans school ignites hope for acceptance
Riya was given away by her parents when she was five after a short spell at school where she was bullied for being different. Unable to accept that Riya is a hijra,…
Bangladesh
ADDED ON: 01/19/2021
South Asia’s LGBT Muslims turn to social media for support
Shahamat Uddin moved to the United States recently to look for a better future after living in fear for his life as a marginalized gay man in Muslim-majority Bangladesh. The numerous instances…
ADDED ON: 11/18/2020
LGBTQ advocates call 1st Islamic school for transgender students in Bangladesh a “positive step,” but not enough
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…
ADDED ON: 11/16/2020
Transgender people to gain inheritance rights in Bangladesh says country’s Law Minister
Transgender people will soon be able to inherit property from their families, Bangladesh's law minister said Sunday, the latest effort to give the minority group more rights in the conservative Muslim-majority nation.…
ADDED ON: 11/07/2020
Transgender in Bangladesh: First school opens for trans students
Bangladesh's first religious school for transgender people has opened in Dhaka. More than 150 students will study Islamic and vocational subjects free of charge at the privately-funded seminary, or madrassa, in the…
ADDED ON: 11/07/2020
Bangladesh opens first Islamic school for transgender Muslims
The LGBT community faces widespread discrimination in the South Asian country, with a colonial-era law still in place that punishes gay sex by prison terms, though enforcement is rare. Bangladesh opened its…
ADDED ON: 10/20/2019
The challenge of adolescent SRH services in Bangladesh
The adolescent population (between the ages of 10 and 19) covers more than one-fifth of the total population of Bangladesh, which consists of approximately 36 million in total. Currently 52% of the…
ADDED ON: 05/15/2019
Eight Men Charged With Murder Of LGBT Activists In Bangladesh
Eight men have been charged by police in Bangladesh for the 2016 murders of LGBT+ rights activists Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Tonoy. Mannan and Tonoy were brutally hacked to death in an…
ADDED ON: 04/30/2019
Bangladesh gives voting rights to hijra community
Bangladesh will allow parts of the transgender community to vote under their proper gender identity. Officials have introduced hijra as a third gender option on voting forms for the first time. “From…
ADDED ON: 01/19/2019
Using queer cartoons to promote LGBT+ rights in Bangladesh
In April 2016, the police found the bodies of Xulhaz Mannan and Tonoy Mahbub, two prominent LGBT+ rights activists, in an apartment in Dhaka, the Bangladesh capital. This week, police arrested one…
ADDED ON: 01/18/2019
Suspect arrested over murders of Bangladesh LGBT activists in 2016
Police in Bangladesh have reportedly arrested one of the main suspects involved in the murders of LGBT+ activists Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy. Mannan, the founder of Roopbaan, the country’s first LGBT+ magazine, and…
ADDED ON: 01/11/2019
Inspired by her daughter, this first-time author is shining a light on LGBT Muslim teen experiences
Four weeks before the release of her debut novel, author Sabina Khan tweeted she hadn't been sure anyone would read her story when she first began writing. "I wasn't sure if anyone would want…
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