Transgressive bill ignores individualityA new bill proposes changes to transgender rights in India. It moves away from self-identification for legal gender recognition. The bill r...
23 Mar, 2026, 11.12 PM IST
Simone Biles calls Riley Gaines a ‘bully’ during heated debate over trans rights in sportsSimone Biles vs Riley Gaines: Simone Biles publicly challenged Riley Gaines’ attacks on transgender athletes after a Minnesota high school ...
07 Jun, 2025, 09.19 AM IST
Wells Fargo launches Transgender Persons Hiring Program in IndiaWells Fargo has expanded its talent attraction strategy in India by launching the Transgender Persons Hiring Program. This initiative aims ...
05 Sep, 2024, 05.50 PM IST
Big companies in India Inc ramp up hiring of transgender workersSeveral companies have begun hiring and revising their policies as they look to be more inclusive. Some are also skilling trans employees, ...
29 Mar, 2024, 09.35 AM IST
A social barrier well transcendedIn recent years, laws have tried to change this reality. The Supreme Court's 2014 National Legal Services Authority (Nalsa) judgment recogn...
18 Sep, 2023, 11.01 PM IST
Vedanta rolls out inclusion policy for transgender employeesNatural resources company Vedanta has implemented an inclusion policy for its transgender employees. The policy includes additional medical...
30 Jun, 2023, 04.31 PM IST
India Inc is opening up to trans rights, one hiring at a timeIn addition to conducting targeted recruitment drives, companies are identifying and creating more positions for trans persons, including a...
09 Apr, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
Gender neutral uniforms, safe washrooms: NCERT's manual for schools on transgender studentsNoting that due to society's marked intolerance of gender nonconformity, those who do not conform to gender norms are more likely to suffer...
17 Jan, 2023, 07.34 PM IST
Cabinet note to classify transpeople as OBCs to enable access to reservationsThe ministry of social justice and empowerment has moved the Cabinet note after a year-long pre-legislative exercise which included detaile...
25 Sep, 2021, 09.15 AM IST
ThoughtWorks rolls out gender affirmation policyThe new policy enables transgender employees to go through their transition process as a means to express themselves and feel comfortable i...
11 Feb, 2020, 11.12 AM IST
India Inc opens doors to transgender employeesKPMG, Infosys, Accenture, Nestaway, Sodexo and others have policies have introduced policies as well as hiring plans to ease the transition...
14 Jan, 2020, 07.21 AM IST
Cos recruit LGBT+, but right talent rareGetting the right skills, however, is a challenge. Organisations like RBS India, Accenture and IBM have launched exclusive internship progr...
26 Aug, 2019, 10.31 AM IST
How startup staffing is getting a rainbow hueThe startup, founded in 2015 by four alumni of NIT Surathkal, changed a number of its policies last year to include more LGBTQ people in th...
09 Sep, 2018, 12.32 PM IST
Bengaluru to host International Transgender Arts Festival soonThis will include music concerts, poetry recitals, drama & art exhibitions. The aim is to celebrate gender & not talk about the problems.
06 Jul, 2016, 11.43 AM IST
Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia include third gender category in student application formsDelhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia have announced inclusion of a third gender category in all kinds of student application forms.
29 Apr, 2015, 08.00 PM IST
25 per cent seats to be reserved for transgender kids in Delhi schoolsThe Health department will be issuing the required certificate to ascertain the gender and admission to schools will be based on that.
15 Oct, 2014, 04.37 PM IST
- Indian companies should have policies to prevent transgender bias
Companies in India should incorporate and put in place a policy framework to prevent discrimination against trans-genders, a top management...
27 Sep, 2007, 06.24 PM IST