Tag: TRANSGENDER

Societal stigma, state-neglect , lack of funds and inability to access food and healthcare have pushed the Hijra community in India into further marginalisation and poverty.

On Savitribai Phule’s birth anniversary,Queer groups led anti-CAA protests across cities

The Parliament has passed a Bill claiming to protect the rights of the transgender community, but will it succeed?

The exclusion of more than 2000 persons from the Assam NRC despite NALSA judgement, paints a grim picture.

The Transgender Persons(Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 has been passed in the Lok Sabha.

While the new version of the bill is certainly an improvement, will it prove a sufficient equaliser?

Sharif Rangnekar’s book Straight to Normal: My Life as a Gay Man, is an experiential account of his coming out story as a gay man and the many challenges that life threw his way.

Raising a transgender child is like discovering new roads to a treasure every day. There are hardships and pain that wait to be unfolded likewise there is an immense sense of happiness that waits to be discovered.

GENDER The Transgender Persons Protection and Rights Bill (2016) was passed in the Lok Sabha with 27 amendments to it. The transgender community however feels that the Bill is discriminatory and criminalizes the community. One of the greatest objections raised about the Bill is that it does not give the transgender community the right to self-determination.

GENDER The Supreme Court recognizes the transgender as a third gender, the irony is that transgender persons face humiliation and negligence in significant aspects of life. The narrative presented by Suchitra Dey recalls the turbulent trials that she underwent to make her voice reach the society.