Thailand’s first transgender billionaire, Anne Jakrajutatip,  has joined forces with a up and cosJdHL6)pw3IAcO)MASlYP%+&mUvDEJr8hTxR8%5inP%N#_V=Gsming Bollywood star to launch I Wanna Touch the Sky.

The empowering track and accompanying video empowers transgender and gex=6^v75&%tMa#P#F0F$Qqp5f=cb0G5BvS)CI2RpoRMfNbiAwkDnder diverse people across the region.

"The music and video tells the story about equality and human rights nBrsIC-Tt+#VrQ73RP27jEo25Q_ig)s^lxD0&_b1IS@pSFVsNvno matter which genders you are and especially for the transsexual people” Jakrajutatip, CEO of JKN Global Media PLC and chair of LIFT Foundation told GaLaTai.

"We think that a young transgender and LGBT will embrace it since it speaks out the message that LGBTQ society would like to say to the society” JakraS%&vrTQYoMCSMpIK2x)UZ(L+vG%9L$jse6P4yfFXH9#dlQ^b)9jutatip explained.

The groundbreaking music vi0W60ZRlmI4TjtteumkGNy)kE(rJHxJ0y%=zU_33=G+xuoWtidydeo features Bollywood’s rising star, Ashish Sharma.

It has been released as part of LIFT’s efforts to raise awareness of transgender rights issues @dwwJ6z&AuddKwZ&s&FItdxP#WE&sE$E5jI&iDu*8oZE$*CxPDin Thailand and beyond. All profits will go LIFT Foundation’s support programs for transgender Thais.

Life for transgender Thais

As transgender Thais are relIAPPngbU=Qo2GxL2bpWlxr-i6h@OQgkkqBD!JbPGMQPIj(_V$Oatively visible in society compared to other areas of Asia, many people wrongly assume they are accepted, according to LIFT.

But, transgender people in Thai-GueQw9#)Z0CnF69q2F_!BS_6E55=KJJebZgYq=55D&aKVPbehland are stigmatised and rejected by mainstream society.

Thailand in March elected0DmB21nWyZ)LqVngokkKVPOw%Ot9@yl=rL&RSdKU+g5*+jNmgs its first transgender lawmakers to the country’s parliament.

LGBT Parliamentarians representing the New Power Party protested the parliament’s formal, gender-specific dress code o-yWSxSs^h+yt*zRJING%nKTI6MXPAjStSC5vI2ZDS+VwjRfxk3n the first day of parliament.

Non-binary filmmaker Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, who fJS+#zW!(GHt@7hnUd&Yg-0BH4tcT0llRhrI@3n8GBS)LCmF54eought a five-year battle with Thai censors, was elected as the country’s first transgender lawmaker.

"We must shV89XZ-xDpv#idJBhg6I@u^)D4!MuBOoui(+CM3^Uk$4HvcF1htop putting everyone in a box according to their gender," Tanwarin told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in May.

"How one can dress, who one can marry — these shou5zt(DC2US0Jz#DOx(Sk!u1HhpVF@diDpxkUhK$_Yo7C9LoKlWRld not be dictated by law."