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This is over the charge of obstructing a Jawi officer during a raid on a private transgender event in 2016.

Religious agencies are prepared to give full assistance, says Zulkifli Mohamad.

UPDATED 12.25PM | Magistrate's Court rules prosecution did not establish a prima facie case against the lawyer.

The Federal Court had set aside a Court of Appeal ruling that a provision in the N Sembilan syariah law against cross-dressers was unconstitutional.

The Malaysian Bar is concerned over the move to give 'full licence' to Jawi to act on the transgender community.

This comes after religious affairs minister said he was empowering Jawi to arrest and ‘educate’ transgender people.

LETTER | Transsexual women face social, economic, political and psychological impact due to not being officially recognised as women.

COMMENT | I am quite frankly sick of watching transgender people being thrown under the bus for a cheap laugh.

LETTER | Kindly answer deputy minister of health, minister of health and the Health Ministry.

The group reminds the minister that the right to freedom of expression is enshrined in the Federal Constitution.

The transgender's posting of self in female prayer attire while in Mecca caused unease among Muslims, says Minister Mujahid Yusof.

COMMENT | In Malaysia, at least four cases of murder of trans women were reported between November 2018 and October 2019.

'It's about visibility and recognition of the existence of transgender people, not just in M'sia but all around the world.'

This is over her alleged wrongful arrest and unlawful confinement during a raid.

Weak response to ILO sexual harassment convention must be reversed, says activist S Thilaga.

Global Fund rules stipulate 'target populations' must be represented in national committee, including transpersons.

State exco Chong Eng replies: The programmes only apply to men and women.

As activist Khartini Slamah notes, clerics often demand that they change back to their 'true selves' first.

Former reality TV star Laxmi Narayan Tripathi has become an unlikely icon at the Kumbh Mela.