No Plan for Reservations for Transgender Community, Says Govt in Parliament
There are no plans to provide reservations to the transgender community in educational institutions or government jobs.
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Indian Parliament Must Apologize for Stonewalling Debate on Gay & Lesbian Issues Since Independence
The rights of people with different sexual orientations – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual needs to be respected; all the laws tha... Read More...
Govt Tells RS: No Proposal to Legalise Same-sex Marriages or Include LGBTQ In Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act
In written replies to MPs in Rajya Sabha, the Indian government has said that there is no proposal to either legalise same-sex marriages in the country, or amend the Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 to include LGBTQ people under its ambit.
Lok Sabha Passes Transgender Persons Bill
Amid noisy protests, Lok Sabha yesterday passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019. The Bill had been introduced on July 19, and is a re... Read More...
Lok Sabha Passes Surrogacy Bill That Prohibits Same-Sex Couples and Single Persons To Have Kids via Surrogacy
The bill bans commercial surrogacy, and allows only married Indian heterosexual couples who have been married for at least 5 years to opt for surrogacy.
Lok Sabha Passes Transgender Bill, Trans Activists Rechristen it the Transgender Persons (Violation of Rights) Bill
The passage of the Bill has met with anger and outrage from the transgender community, who say the Bill has failed to take into consideration the suggestions or demands of the trans community.
Maneka Gandhi Must Apologise for Mocking Transgender Community in Parliament
Maneka Gandhi went on to refer to persons of all genders, beyond the male-female binary as 'the other ones', rolled her eyes out not knowing what to call us, gave out this horribly embarrassing laugh and then called us 'TGs'
Govt to Reintroduce Transgender Rights Bill in Monsoon Session of Parliament
The government is set to re-introduce the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill in the monsoon session of the Parliament that is set to begin from Jul... Read More...
In Historic Move, Pakistan’s National Assembly Passes landmark Transgender Rights Bill
Pakistan’s National Assembly passed a Bill to protect the rights of transgender people in the country.
A Response to the NDA Government’s En-masse Rejection of the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Recommendations on TG Bill 2016
The BJP-led Government of India has failed the trans, intersex, and gender variant citizens in-spite of making grand promises.
“The Younger Generation is Pivotal to Discarding Section 377”- An Interview with Dr. Shashi Tharoor
I believe that one day in the not too distant future, because of the strength and solidarity of our younger generations, we will be able to amend this anachronistic law-- it is not a question of “if” as much as “when”.
A Historical Review of Same-Sex Legislation in Germany
Let us embark on a journey of German history with regard to same-sex legislation to truly understand the ramifications of the bill recently passed.