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==Birth - Death==
 
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==Description==
 
==Description==
  
Transgender activist who worked assisting three Muslim transgender women in their constitutional challenge of a Shariah legislation in Negri Sembilan that outlaws men from cross-dressing, a watershed case that they won in the Court of Appeal.  Member, Justice For Sisters.   
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Transgender activist who worked assisting three Muslim transgender women in their constitutional challenge of a Shariah legislation in Negri Sembilan that outlaws men from cross-dressing, a watershed case that they won in the Court of Appeal.  Member, Justice For Sisters.  First transgender recipient of the U.S. State Department’s International Women of Courage Award (2016).
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==See Also==
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* [[Transgender Activists]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
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* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2824778/Malaysia-transgenders-win-anti-cross-dressing-law-challenge.html
 
* http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2824778/Malaysia-transgenders-win-anti-cross-dressing-law-challenge.html
 
* http://76crimes.com/tag/nisha-ayub/
 
* http://76crimes.com/tag/nisha-ayub/
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* http://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2016/03/30/transgender-rights-advocate-honored-with-international-women-of-courage-award/
 
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7HWTKhAjmc
 
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7HWTKhAjmc
 
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Latest revision as of 15:28, 17 October 2017

Nisha Ayub

Country

Malaysia

Birth - Death

1980 -

Occupation

Activist

Description

Transgender activist who worked assisting three Muslim transgender women in their constitutional challenge of a Shariah legislation in Negri Sembilan that outlaws men from cross-dressing, a watershed case that they won in the Court of Appeal. Member, Justice For Sisters. First transgender recipient of the U.S. State Department’s International Women of Courage Award (2016).

See Also

Further Reading/Research