Bihar has appointed transgender person Manvi Madhu Kashyap as Sub-Inspector of Police, marking a historic first. Kashyap expressed gratitud...

The Calcutta High Court has instructed the West Bengal government to implement a one percent reservation for transgender persons in all pub...

This was the first railway tea stall run by an all-trans team.

The state government must ensure that people belonging to this community get equal opportunities in every field, said Vidyarthi Vikas, Assi...

State Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said the process to recruit constables to fill 3,484 posts in the Karnataka Armed Forces has started. "...

The ministry has proposed a budget of Rs 200 crore for the welfare of transgender people by means of providing them education facilities, d...

A 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...

The petition filed by a Mumbai-based organisation said that transgenders should be treated with the same dignity and respect as others, cla...

The social justice and empowerment ministry is set to launch a national portal, which would equip transgenders to apply for an identity car...

A chapter detailing a series of offences which shall be treated as atrocity and violence against trangender people has been added to the Ri...

Tamil Nadu has seen a raft of pioneering efforts, both by members of the transgender community and by state governments, for the community.

India'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 ...

The Centre is worried that the private members' bill on transgender rights could provide a strong opening for decriminalization of homosexu...

"Based on the report, we have prepared an action plan. An inter-ministerial panel has been constituted to look into the issue," he said.

"We have proposed to Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment to identify transgender with three alphabet letters "Tgr""

The Election Commission had introduced an 'others' column along with 'male' and 'female' in electoral rolls for the recent Lok Sabha polls.

Reflecting woes of transgenders who have remained social 'untouchables' with restricted access to education & jobs, only a minuscule 2,996 ...