ThailaXCgj8&X$-bpHb9A-lU1yVs9dbqJ3agUeASf6*gahoo%S@SRJIjnd’s first transgender billionaire, Anne Jakrajutatip,  has joined forces with a up and coming Bollywood star to launch I Wanna Touch the Sky.

The emTkUd2$ui=LKyAP-9TXI86+GUaly!Ift^AXb#pG^fFmcFHIk=RXpowering track and accompanying video empowers transgender and gender diverse people across the region.

"The music and video tells the stor@K8-kKev*Pq&znN2eQ79QTH6ZFG3u&M$f^7r4liU1kghIEG%1Gy 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 sinw4_IiDBPQq5V)rZzoNr#g#EL535(DN&ggzi8JgdgXo&UKFb2@@ce it speaks out the message that LGBTQ society would like to say to the society” Jakrajutatip explained.

The groundbreaking music video features Bolly6RHZU-lAoK&hMCHOcr0n*&BPNvwVTifVe4BpAIDCR!a(@eWIAuwood’s rising star, Ashish Sharma.

It has been released as part of LIFT’s efforts to raise awareness of transgender rights issues in Thailand and beyond. All profits wil*e6ywVb_D3vMbus^TthuJnXJDz6+-45zSrzC)X^h7Kdt_hgKHTl go LIFT Foundation’s support programs for transgender Thais.

Life for transgender Thais

As transgender Thais are relatively visible in society compared to other wTQneAL7kph2xYbBpgiQLxi5Mo#Zga342qhcA)lAntLq)Ok)dnareas of Asia, many people wrongly assume they are accepted, according to LIFT.

But,oGN6_Z=cZ%iOz)dA*w!Gy!#p7B@(XZ^_o15_05JhrYZGWvRVTa transgender people in Thailand are stigmatised and rejected by mainstream society.

Yi-min lives alone with her son, as her husband works away from home. She meets Tinting at a wedding, a girl she once had some history with back in highschool. Back in the days, Yi-min denied their relationship out of fear of living as a lesbian woman, but meeting Tingting again reignites something in her, a possibility to escape her dull married life. Now that Taiwan has leagalised same-sex marrige, can Yi-min find the courage to admit her feelings? With the future of a child in her hands and under the pressure of her husband, her family-in-law and her own family, will she follow through with this new chapter in her life?