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This Bengali Movie Has An Offensive, Misinformed Portrayal of Trans Issues

April 7, 2016

Why does the director feel that she has a right to make herself the voice of this community and take away our agency? Which hijra house has a bai-ji covered with diamonds and pearls like she’s stuck in some kind of mughal-e-azam?

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Y-Films launches India’s first Transgender Music Band

January 6, 2016

Y Films, the youth wing of Yash Raj Films, has launched India's first transgender music band.

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Caged In Masculinity

December 29, 2015

Every minute of each day, in some shape or form, we are made aware that we do not meet the standards of masculinity or femininity.

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Watch: A young Hijra and a married Marathi Gay Couple share their stories with IIT-Bombay students

September 25, 2015

Fida and Sameer and Amit share their stories. Connect Conversations is India's first LGBTQ-themed web-series, consisting of LGBTQ people talking about their s... Read More...

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“The Police Pricked Me With Sticks On My Breasts And Vagina”: A Transgender Narrates Her Ordeal

September 15, 2015

Picture for representation purpose only The following is a testimony from the report titled “A REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST TRANSGENDERS IN K... Read More...

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“The Officials chased us with sticks like we were Dogs”

September 8, 2015

Picture for representation purpose only The following is a testimony from the report titled “A REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST TRANSGENDERS IN... Read More...

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Variety is the Spice of Life

August 1, 2015

I was listening to this remix version of a Punjabi folk song - Laal Churra. It describes a newly-wed bride, all decked up in lovely clothes and jewellery, wai... Read More...

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A Token Initiative?

May 28, 2015

After expressing its absolute solidarity to the LGBTQ community in the country through its breakthrough episode on alternate sexualities in its fourth seaso... Read More...

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Seven Points Raised by GoI before Supreme Court in the NALSA Judgement

September 11, 2014

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, has moved the Supreme Court against its judgement in the NALSA case, where it asked both the ... Read More...

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Bullied At School By Being Called A “Eunuch”, 17 Yr Old Boy Commits Suicide In Tamil Nadu

June 22, 2014

R Karthikeyan, a 17 year old young boy from Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, set himself ablaze and succumbed to 90% of burns. The reason behind such a ghastly ... Read More...

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Bangladesh Flaunts 1st Rainbow Rally On Bengali New Year

April 20, 2014

Bangladesh flaunted its first ever human rainbow on Bengali New Year, April 14, 2014. Inspired by the diversity of six seasons of Bangladesh, Roopbaan, the f... Read More...

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Opinion- Is Sex The Problem In India?

April 20, 2014

(Photo by: Shiv Sahoo) The apex court of the country has yet again ruled on the rights of a minority community in the country. This time though, unlike the De... Read More...

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