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Karnataka Govt Honours Trans Activist Akkai with Rajyotsava Award

November 5, 2015

30-year-old Akkai Padmashali became the first transgender person this Sunday to receive a top state award when she was given the Rajyotsava award, the second-highest civilian honour in Karnataka, for social service.

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Transgender Harassed at Night by Goons in Kolkata as Police Refused to File FIR, This is What Had Transpired

October 26, 2015

Anurag, a young transgender woman, and her friends were travelling in a metro in Kolkata during Durga Puja celebrations, when insults were hurled at them by a group of boys in the metro. When they got out of the metro, a confrontation ensued, and Anurag and her friends were physically assaulted. They went to the police, but all in vain.

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The Clandestine Identity of LGBT Kashmiris

October 16, 2015

Photo: Prasenjit Chaudhary/QGraphy LGBT community of Kashmir continues to remain hidden and living an invisible life. Speculation as to why this population is... Read More...

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Transgender Volunteers to Help Kolkata Police in Durga Puja Crowd and Traffic Management

October 10, 2015

The newly formed West Bengal Transgender Development Board has sent a proposal to both Kolkata Police and West Bengal Police to let volunteers from the trans... Read More...

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A happy ending for NRI transman, Delhi HC gives historic judgment

October 6, 2015

It was a happy ending for an NRI transperson who was illegally detained and hounded by family after the Delhi High Court on Monday upheld his rights and said ... Read More...

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An open letter from a Hyderabad Transperson on a Mall Guard restricting their entry

September 29, 2015

Security Manager of GVK Mall having an argument with Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli I, Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli, a 36 year-old transwoman along with anoth... Read More...

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Watch: Heartbreaking Appeal by NRI Transman who is being forcibly kept in India by his Parents

September 24, 2015

We reported about the 19-year old transman who was brought to India by his parents on the false pretext of meeting his ailing grand-mother and was then being ke... Read More...

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How many gods must our judicial system please?

September 24, 2015

Hindu wisdom seems incompatible with our courts, where the state almost becomes a jealous God who can throw whoever it deems unfit into hell So I am confus... Read More...

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Need For a Socially Inclusive Society – Trans Activist Akkai Padmashali

September 23, 2015

This is the concluding part in a 4 part series from the report titled “A REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST TRANSGENDERS IN KARNATAKA, 2014” that... Read More...

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Delhi High Court comes to the rescue of 19-year old NRI Transman

September 23, 2015

A 19 year old NRI transman, who was brought to India by his parents on the pretext of visiting ailing grandmother and then was being forcibly detained in the ... Read More...

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Short Story: My Mother

September 17, 2015

One fine day, I decided to try out my mom’s shoes – a pair of high heeled white pumps. She always kept them hidden at the back of her closet in a velvety bo... 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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