IGNOU Announces Fee Exemption for Transgender Students
IGNOU, world's largest open university, has announced fee waiver for transgender people applying for its courses.
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Understanding Gender Dysphoria- Why Trans People Opt for Surgery
Gender dysphoria is real! It can be related to anything; it can be when someone calls you with your assigned name or treat you as a girl, while going through security checks in the women’s queue.
Watch: Kochi Metro’s Transgender Employees Have a Message For You
Kochi Metro has come out with a beautiful short video where transgender employees tell the world to treat them as "just a person doing a job".
This University in India Will Provide Free Education to Transgender People
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU), a University based in Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, has announced that it will provide free education to transgender people taking admission under any of its institutions.
Journey of a Dancing Queen
8 years ago, the Kathak dancer started a dance group called the Dancing Queens which is a tool to advocate gender and sexuality issues like coming out, family support, main streaming, stigma, violence, employment and education
9th Chennai Rainbow Pride Month Begins, Pride March to be held on 25th June
The Chennai Rainbow Pride march will be held on Sunday, 25 June 2017.
In a First in India, Panjab University Starts Building Separate Toilet for Transgender Students
Dhananjay Chauhan, a transgender rights activist currently pursuing Master’s of Human Rights and Duties at Panjab University, has successfully managed to push the University authorities to build a separate washroom for transgender persons in the University
How Queer Spaces Can be Transphobic – An Open Letter by a Transman Who Felt Violated At an IDAHOBiT Event
It comes as a shock when I see that an organisation working on LGBTIQ issues in their invite to mark an IDAHOBiT day emphasizes on legal gender document for trans people
Kochi Metro Set To Employ 23 Transgender Persons
Out of the 530 Kudumbasree workers who will be posted at 11 stations in the Kochi Metro’s Aluva-Palarivattom corridor, 23 will be from the transgender community
India Grilled Over Human Rights at UN, Countries Urge Repeal of Sec 377
Spain, Sweden, Canada, Ireland, Norway, Israel called upon India to repeal Section 377
Watch: This Vicks Ad About Trans Acceptance Will Bring Tears to Your Eyes
Vicks India has come up with a beautiful video that portrays trans acceptance and raises important questions about trans rights
A Play That Explores Gender Through Mythology
‘Shikhandi: The Story of In-Betweens’ gives an interesting new twist to how and why a Yaksha gave his penis to Shikhandi