Thailand’s first transgender billionaire, Anne JOaYwLvVLh#dYiab=mZa&Ewycvtq=#+)NX(IN%4EcNGrO@wUuEuakrajutatip,  has joined forces with a up and coming Bollywood star to launch I Wanna Touch the Sky.

The empowering track and accompanyingwCPUR_F@NX2)koHpj9fev*zUKmL(0FS0ASIsWLm02*d^%^R6$t video empowers transgender and gender diverse people across the region.

"The music and video tells the stog8tT!QsQQ1^_S!)4NFKl)Tm-uDp%9_-O_bgEVyAg7zWMQIaua4ry 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 of LIFT Foundation told GaLaTai.

"We think that a young transgender and LGBT will embrace it since it speaks out theoEzqbKatAR*mUyM9c$%EfPQq3RRw_d_&@+jT-PbbO&un_&9#rs message that LGBTQ society would like to say to the society” Jakrajutatip explained.

The groundbreaking music video features Bollywooe&vU1jRrZbTzUolLisV)#v!NgoMq-U8-0(d4VVu%EFc7R)EHC1d’s rising star, Ashish Sharma.

It has been released as part of LIFT’s efforts to raise awareness of transgender rights issues in_l)czI-z1nP5S)$U-arblW-cI7sb&QSh452TFT3VsoUyBwMM2# 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 society compared to other areas of w!1R!J&RzL!gckgAct)ZScY%)&$8T6)i)7kA@ESvG-F4A_m-b-Asia, many people wrongly assume they are accepted, according to LIFT.

But, transgender people in Thailand are stigmatised and reje*lAaIhDC7LZXCP5_xMp(W5SjM*iBclKe+con2aPh$fuUz^yOWTcted by mainstream society.

Thailand in March elected its first transgender lawmakers tooy^5$M&1SqJ1yrxhy_yoCtOEO)wi-mPzU%^zY328(c#MXMniLb the country’s parliament.

LGBT Parliamentarians representing the New Power Party pqppD0#tj1QGqN0kE80Z!LsRsk%uuHlrxGFIu7lj3xkI(ktl%RHrotested the parliament’s formal, gender-specific dress code on the first day of parliament.

Non-binary filmmaker Tanwarin Sukkhapi#=E%BBbQQPKY*ltdy9$&UlQld2P4iXENjF--Tp2D3K@o-eVC@Xsit, who fought a five-year battle with Thai censors, was elected as the country’s first transgender lawmaker.

"We must stop putting everyone in a box according to their gender," Tanwarin told the Thomson Reuters FoundataCVxSU-!rv&+@ggBwJ=Vfb^Lipm@^TI4$ZjJ+b-ZKX*r#yIeJsion in May.

"HoweZbV3@xOJWI!xvd=Mk&u0dHze-Q!+7ucJeWwLEIQWnjC4e5f!l one can dress, who one can marry — these should not be dictated by law."