Thailand’s first transgender billionaire, Anne Jakrajutatip,  has joined forces with a up and coT^tLu_be^x)KGV0#pf$@Yw98$llR@y4h&1tj76_yXQg3e)4HX6ming Bollywood star to launch I Wanna Touch the Sky.

The empowering track and accompanying video empmwgJQ#roy#BGmB#&0pZY4zhHnpd(ylg@+5BHeSOp3vSD7#8kxgowers transgender 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 c6D-4WwJ4YO^S3pdOr7pGZM#KhyWMU0H049UDXuEX2S6oM!UaOnhair 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 explainedZbH(UoxLahv$vJy7lh2CMVgPnm=XHlAV!lR4jbVLf5p=(22%xL.

The groundbreaking music video features BollywLuJ1A5YCX1O3918qMc_gqRka+#R52j_*MgEL=50-xs%F7s2cE7ood’s rising star, Ashish Sharma.

It has been released as part of LIFT’s efforts to raise awareness of transgender rights issues in Thailand ansrtwp!Mb#&X2Fn=*L&&5h*vdbewYK4aV=5R5lZL$Y-Vt%$yVC5d beyond. All profits will go LIFT Foundation’s support programs for transgender Thais.

Life for transgender Thais

As transgender Thais are relatively visible in socp7Y-HiqqdHNgcB2ORx6cYBpsXR%hF7F5TYjExxaHF@rL)fpu%niety compared to other areas of Asia, many people wrongly assume they are accepted, according to LIFT.

But, transgender people in Thailand are stigmatised and rejected by maivxJ$k8#SSlb*0DzHD(i&94=j0-9cDX+y!3)Q$MsYPi-@DbiJwUnstream society.

Thailand in March elected its first transgender lawmakers to th6LlP!8yMjt+*6)dGW&#sMVg=qlckBD4&Rpkm4gNqkDxc6B*Ugge country’s parliament.

LGBT Parliamentarians representing the New Power Party prP01qj$1UY2!Omcx_Un#)!5u9S_8nzE*wR@ErWYMs+@!uO!50GIotested the parliament’s formal, gender-specific dress code on the first day of parliament.

Non-binary filmmaker Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, who fought a five-year battle with Thai censors,&=xdzO5VsVmAbdzb&huRD)@z4lcn=MrOAtO-C6&E97!=iID4^F was elected as the country’s first transgender lawmaker.

"We must stop putting8g22XVlRvt(sng2^+cHM@tA2w_CeqArmQsPEkNsL8NSF9mP=%M 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 should not be dictagdxtiVJhH&vUFXokMhsed*cfGUDl(3J0nz8bXDj76lAXY&VK#xted by law."