Despite Protests, Rajya Sabha Passes the Deeply Flawed Trans Rights Bill
The bill violates the constitutional rights of trans persons by restricting their freedom of movement and residence to familial spaces and rehabilitation homes
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Watch: From Housing to Travel to Bathrooms, The Harassment Faced by Trans People in their Lives
In June, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) released a 152-page report, ‘Living with Dignity: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity-Based Human Rig... Read More...
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...
Revised Draft of Trans Rights Bill Introduced in Parliament Fails to Address Key Shortcomings
The Government introduced the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019, before the Parliament on 19 July 2019. The current draft, fails to address... Read More...
How Trans Persons Are Being Excluded in Assam’s NRC
Rinki, 26, is from Harmati village in Tezpur district of Assam. She is one of the very few trans persons in the state whose name has appeared in the ... Read More...
Bihar Govt. Announces Financial Assistance of 1.5Lakhs to Transgender People Undergoing SRS
Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi announced at a function that the state government will provide financial aid of Rs 1.5 Lakhs to transgender peo... Read More...
From Factory Floor to Lok Adalat: The Journey of A Transgender Judge in West Bengal
Sintu Bagui was 14 when she dropped out of school and started working in a plywood factory. For $1 a day, she hauled heavy sheets of wooden board and did assor... Read More...
CPI(M) Manifesto Promises Same-sex Marriage Law, Anti-Discrimination Law and Reservation for Transgender People in India
With just 2 weeks left for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, political parties have started coming out with their manifesto. The CPI(M) released its mani... Read More...
Family Planning Programs Should Address Needs of Transgender People
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action and shared duty regarding driving a gender balanced world is vital.
International Women's Day is a worldwide day commending the social, financ... Read More...
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.
An Interview with Dr. Aijaz Ahmad, a Trans Rights Activist From Kashmir
Dr. Aijaz Ahmad Bund, a researcher, a social worker and a LGBT activist from Srinagar, was in Delhi. We talked to him about his work related to Transgender righ... Read More...
Kami Sid, the Pakistani Trans Activist who Became a Model
Belonging to a country like Pakistan, Kami had numerous social and religious obstacles to conquer, but her unstoppable nature led her to destinations which a lot would only dream of.