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Droupadi Murmu assents to Transgender Rights Amendment; opposition flags exclusion, self-id concernsPresident Droupadi Murmu has approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026. The legislation faces opposition...- Parliament passes bill to amend law on protection and rights of transgender personsParliament has passed a bill amending the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, excluding social orientations from its scope and ...
- Special schemes being implemented for welfare of transgender people: Tamil Nadu govtTamil Nadu government is implementing schemes for transgender people's development. These include house site pattas and business subsidies....
- Manvi Madhu Kashyap becomes first transgender in Bihar to be appointed as Sub-InspectorBihar has appointed transgender person Manvi Madhu Kashyap as Sub-Inspector of Police, marking a historic first. Kashyap expressed gratitud...
- Calcutta HC directs WB govt to ensure 1 pc reservation for transgender persons in public employmentThe Calcutta High Court has instructed the West Bengal government to implement a one percent reservation for transgender persons in all pub...
- Guwahati gets India's 1st trans tea stall, Anand Mahindra lauds Ashwini Vaishnaw for 'significant & transformational' moveThis was the first railway tea stall run by an all-trans team.
- Transgender-run menstrual cup manufacturing unit coming up in BiharThe state government must ensure that people belonging to this community get equal opportunities in every field, said Vidyarthi Vikas, Assi...
- Karnataka introduces 'male third gender' quota in police constable recruitmentState Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said the process to recruit constables to fill 3,484 posts in the Karnataka Armed Forces has started. "...
- UP likely to hold first census of transgender people, welfare schemes in offingThe ministry has proposed a budget of Rs 200 crore for the welfare of transgender people by means of providing them education facilities, d...
- SC notice to Centre, others on plea raising issue of discrimination against transgendersA bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde agreed to hear the plea filed by a Mumbai-based organisation which has said that transgenders sho...
- Plea in SC raises issue of discrimination against transgendersThe petition filed by a Mumbai-based organisation said that transgenders should be treated with the same dignity and respect as others, cla...
- Govt to launch portal for giving I-cards, special homes to transgendersThe social justice and empowerment ministry is set to launch a national portal, which would equip transgenders to apply for an identity car...
- Forcing transgenders into beggary may soon be treated as atrocityA chapter detailing a series of offences which shall be treated as atrocity and violence against trangender people has been added to the Ri...
- Thanks to a raft of pioneering efforts, transgenders in Tamil Nadu are better off than in most other statesTamil Nadu has seen a raft of pioneering efforts, both by members of the transgender community and by state governments, for the community.
- What Kerala's new transgender policy could teach other states about recognising the rights of a maltreated communityIndia's transgender people were recognised for the first time by the Census in 2011. It pegged the TG population at 4.88 lakh, 56% of whom ...
- Government worried transgenders bill could lead to scrap of Section 377The Centre is worried that the private members' bill on transgender rights could provide a strong opening for decriminalization of homosexu...
- Government to bring policy for transgenders: Thawaar Chand Gehlot"Based on the report, we have prepared an action plan. An inter-ministerial panel has been constituted to look into the issue," he said.
- Madhya Pradesh pushes for honourable identity to transgenders"We have proposed to Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to identify transgender with three alphabet letters "Tgr""
- Election Commission rejects demand for 'transgender' on voter IDThe Election Commission had introduced an 'others' column along with 'male' and 'female' in electoral rolls for the recent Lok Sabha polls.
- Over 30,000 transgenders in Tamil Nadu, yet only 2,996 are votersReflecting woes of transgenders who have remained social 'untouchables' with restricted access to education & jobs, only a minuscule 2,996 ...
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