Bengal Govt Tags Trans Community as Priority Group for Covid Vaccination
Transgender community has been classified as priority group by the Bengal government for covid vaccination.
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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...
Trans Women Walk the Ramp in West Bengal
In the town of Kalyani, West Bengal, on Sunday the 7th of October, 6 cisgender women and 3 transgender women (including members of the hijra community) walked the ramp together
Watch: Mr Gay India 2018 Talk about Winning the Title, His Journey, Struggles and More…
In this video, Samarpan talks about not just his experience of winning the Mr Gay World India 2018 crown and being the 2nd runner up at Mr Gay World India contest, he also opens his heart about the bullying he has had to face in life
“Won’t Allow Lesbianism in Schools,” Says West Bengal’s Education Minister after School forces 10 Girls to Write They are Lesbian
West Bengal's Education Minister Partha Chatterjee has said that he won't allow lesbianism in schools, and that lesbianism is “against the Bengali culture.”
In West Bengal, Kanchrapara College Builds Separate Toilet for Transgender Students
Kanchrapara College in West Bengal, has become the first educational institution in the state to have built a separate toilet for Transgender students in its premises.
Transgender Volunteers to Help Kolkata Police in Durga Puja Crowd and Traffic Management
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...
How an English Professor is using Facebook to engage with Students on Gender and Sexuality Issues
Niladri R. Chatterjee, or NC sir, as most of his students call him, is an Associate Professor of English at Kalyani University, West Bengal. A reputed name in t... Read More...
Over 70000 Transgender people in Rural India, reveals latest Census
According to the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011, there are more than 70,000 transgender people in rural India, with Uttar Pradesh having the highest nu... Read More...
India set to get first Transgender College Principal
India is set to get its first transgender college principal on June 9 when Manabi Bandopadhyay takes charge of Krishnagar Women's College in West Bengal’s Nad... Read More...
West Bengal becomes 1st Indian state to form a Transgender Development Board
West Bengal will soon become the first state in the country to have a Transgender Development Board to help the 30,000 strong community, with state women and ... Read More...
600 arrests under Section 377 in 2014
There have been 587 arrests under Section 377 in India and 778 cases were registered under this Section till October 2014, according to data provided by the H... Read More...