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Centre moves SC for transfer of pleas against transgender law from high courtsThe government has approached the Supreme Court to centralize all legal challenges against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) (...- Canada Census 2026 Explained: Why sexual orientation is being asked and what penalties you could face for not filling census form?Canada's 2026 Census of Population and Agriculture has commenced data collection. For the first time, residents will be asked about their s...
- 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 passed Transgender rights amendment Bill amid Opposition protestParliament has approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026. The Rajya Sabha gave its consent after discuss...
- 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 ...
- 'Brazen attack on constitutional rights of transgender people': Rahul Gandhi slams govt on billCongress leader Rahul Gandhi has strongly opposed the government's Transgender Persons Amendment Bill, 2026. He calls it a direct attack on...
- 27 states restrict trans participation in school sports in WashingtonStates are increasingly banning transgender athletes from school sports teams. This trend began in 2020 and has led to legal battles. The S...
- Neglect elderly parents, lose 15% pay: Telangana plans tough law for employees who abandon ageing parentsTelangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced plans for a law to deduct 10-15% of government employees' salaries if they neglect elder...
- Florida Governor Desantis refuses to accept transgender swimmer's victory, proclaims runner-up as the winnerFlorida Governor has attracted more controversy by rejecting the victory of a transgender swimmer, Lia Thomas, and announcing the runner-up...
- Indiana Republican Governor Eric Holcomb vetoes bill banning transgenders from high school sportsEric Holcomb is the Republican Gov. of Indiana. He has vetoed a bill that prohibits transgender girls and women who want to compete in spor...
- Delaware and Vermont elect first American transgender legislators to the US SenateSarah McBride, 30, became Delaware's first trans senator, taking 86 percent of the vote in the state's first Senate district. She is also t...
- Govt deliberating on making special card for transgender members to link them to welfare schemesThe government is deliberating on making a special identity card for transgender community members that will help in linking them with vari...
- SC notice on plea against Transgender ActThe petition, filed by Assam’s first transgender judge Swati Bidhan Baruah, through advocate-on-record Rashmi Nandkumar, alleged that the T...
- Social Ministry to push bills on senior citizens, transgendersAs part of 100-day agenda, Modi govt has lined up a slew of welfare initiatives.
- Transgender bill may offer gender choiceCentre plans to tweak the clause in the bill to shift the focus from "biological test" to an individual's exclusive freedom to choose gende...
- Railway forms will now carry `T' option for transgendersIn a letter to all zonal railways, the board has said that ticket booking and cancellation forms will be modified from the current option o...
- Government may not give transgenders exemption from Section 377 of IPCThe parliamentary standing committee on social justice and empowerment noted, "Transgender persons remain at risk of criminalisation under ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Transgenders' rights bill to be tabled in next Parliament sessionA bill giving rights to transgenders will be tabled during the next session of Parliament, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawa...
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