Captain Hannah Winterbourne is a Officer of the British Army serving with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Hannah came out as a transgender woman and became the highest ranking transgender soldier within the British Army in 2013. She became the Army's Transgender Representative. She has responsibility to advise Senior Army commanders on transgender policy.

In 2015, she became Patron of the charity Mermaids. Hannah is also an Ambassador for LGBT Sport Cymru, promoting transgender inclusion in sports across Wales.

Yollada Nok Suanyot is a Thai politician and celebrity. She was elected to represent Mueang Nan District on the Provincial Administration Organization of Nan Province in Thailand.

Previous to entering politics, Suanyot was a member of the pop group Venus Flytrap and had been a model and beauty queen.

Suanyot is a transgender woman and founded and chairs the TransFemale Association. She was awarded by the Women's Voice Association of Thailand in 2013. The award recognises people who play a crucial role in promoting and improving the role of Thai women.

Lili Elbe (1882-1931)

In the 1920s, Elbe learned of the possibility of permanently transforming her body from male to female at the German Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin.

According to Trans History, Elbe already had rudimentary ovaries in her abdomen and may have been intersex and a subsequent unspecified surgery some weeks later that involved the insertion of a cannula. They permitted her to change her name and sex legally and allowed her to receive a passport as Lili Elbe (female).

But this dream would never be realized. Elbe died from heart paralysis shortly after at the Women’s Clinic in Dresden while recovering from her final surgery in 1931.

In the context of Islamic countries. The specific challenges facing transgender individuals in these contexts have barely been addressed in policy discussions. In Asian Islamic contexts, daily affairs must be conducted in accordance with Quranic verses and Hadith. The Quran and the Hadith dictate tradition, culture, and norms.

Norms of behavior towards gender that are based in religious doctrine and teaching are particularly prominent in countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Malaysia.

In Pakistan, transgender individuals often denied access to mosques. Families turn their back on transgender children and parents are even relieved when their transgender offspring leave home.