Thailand’s first transgender billionaire, Anne Jakrajutaticw5%OqD5iKa5=DUTXKl8^+68I7YOhX@t99EaCOFiO6hpGK4uUJp,  has joined forces with a up and coming Bollywood star to launch I Wanna Touch the Sky.

The empowering track and accompanying video empowers transgendeD)L7@Xw+a5byANi3nI!$6Fc!P%3XL%+d0wQSiWmeRqSmK^&c2rr and gender diverse people across the region.

"The music and video tells the story about equality and human rights no matter which genders you are and especially for the transsexual people” Jakrajutatip, CEO of JKN Global Media PLC and chair gHTxyDnL@XrO0jn=C-Xq!9ViXUJqQPg)IdSrJ#*UKclUL(2P+&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” Jakrajutatip e+aZA!La+ZHlXodWCkPUa!JL^-ZShHQW!-&jHYfeKO!Y-LDkj!_xplained.

The groundbreaking music video features Bollywood’s rising star, Ashish SharmaTOA@5PZ#sY7Xp@q)#^gOsZ#Hvz)H5-ZdC9r-o6m1^F^Z5jNuaK.

It has b#L1UO0%I%hp3ZD=^KG58TUAGCv)sAxa6rAL13JQ9n(!i2G2jOReen released as part of LIFT’s efforts to raise awareness of transgender rights issues in Thailand and beyond. All profits will go LIFT Foundation’s support programs for transgender Thais.

Life for transgender Thais

As transgender Thais are relatively visible in TkRm*9D2oJdv8#79*3vigZevGpzlIJ%Bg$&-JCZa*YAW2K8_NFsociety compared to other areas of Asia, many people wrongly assume they are accepted, according to LIFT.

But, transgender people in Thailan1#(CnWgc5oM+4B=1FfkYs*OsHk3)r(H1Nn&OvbY0DWOAf^w5)ld are stigmatised and rejected by mainstream society.

Thailand in March electesLs*wsE#-5WSX$BdTS3pBr5Xhgs8GTfwYR5wTY)@+9oQpKnbZ^d its first transgender lawmakers to the country’s parliament.

LGBT Parliamentarians representing the New Power Party protested the parliament’s formal, gender-specific5hA_qxU%6AnY5F(yh4o04o9XA2$FeBQQ2nbu66_O=Ux-UQwAMk dress code on the first day of parliament.

Non-binary filmmaker Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, who fought a five-year ba+npL-sHTnzFRaZL7x&83Co2rc2*jOtgqKkzciQKRe8sRW&&BkQttle with Thai censors, was elected as the country’s first transgender lawmaker.

"We must stop putting everyone in a box according to theYnZmMbSa9zU#dNW%-LZfZWLjbgkNSKEmcL0JLYO-DhWnF91VYmir gender," Tanwarin told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in May.

"How one can dress, who one can marry — these should not be dictated by la%HnlNCjzz4&hNx^O3Y(y2@_j%Z3Z#5AYv=oe1qXcD2H0amQPNRw."