India’s transgender community celebrates victory, but needs more
5 years, 7 months ago

India’s transgender community celebrates victory, but needs more

Al Jazeera  

Karnataka state recently ruled that education institutes must allow people to officially change name and gender. Kothari, who worked on the case that led to the landmark judgement decriminalising homosexuality in India in September 2018, argued for Jeeva in the Karnataka High Court and won the case. “The writ petition was filed just for Jeeva but the judge was actually very progressive and … the case took a turn,” Kothari told Al Jazeera. This kind of judgement allows “people like Jeeva who are part of diverse identities to slowly come to the public realm”, said Padmashali. “If this happens at the educational level, then this could also be a lead to seek a change with the municipal authorities issuing birth certificates.” Back in Bangalore, Jeeva, who does not know if and when his birth certificate might reflect his identity, says: “I will have to find someone who understands me.”

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Why Karnataka HC upheld transgender person's plea to change birth certificate
6 days, 21 hours ago

Why Karnataka HC upheld transgender person's plea to change birth certificate

India Today  

A seven-year pursuit of litigation by a transgender person to effect changes to her birth certificate, so as to reflect her new gender, came to fruition on December 20 when the Karnataka High Court highlighted a lacuna in the law and directed authorities in the state to process her application. While the birth certificate is among the identity documents that …

Karnataka HC directs registrar to issue revised birth, death certificates for transgenders
1 week, 5 days ago

Karnataka HC directs registrar to issue revised birth, death certificates for transgenders

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka High Court, on Friday, instructed the Registrar of Births and Deaths to issue modified certificates for transgender individuals who have undergone gender reassignment. The court also recommended that the Karnataka Law Commission and the state government review the Transgender Persons Act, 2019, and propose necessary amendments to the 1969 Act and its Rules to align with the spirit …

Karnataka HC Orders Modification Of Name, Gender In Birth/Death Certificate Of Transgender Persons If Sought With Necessary Certificate
1 week, 5 days ago

Karnataka HC Orders Modification Of Name, Gender In Birth/Death Certificate Of Transgender Persons If Sought With Necessary Certificate

Live Law  

Noting that since there is no procedure for now in force for corrections in birth certificate on account of change in gender, Justice Suraj Govindaraj in his order directed that until suitable amendments are made in the Registration of Births and Deaths Act and rules therein, " it shall be the duty of the Registrar of Births and Deaths to …

Transgender student faces discriminatory treatment at Chennai airport
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Transgender student faces discriminatory treatment at Chennai airport

New Indian Express  

Sakshi Jain, a final-year law student at the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata, and an openly transgender woman, had a distressing experience while traveling through Chennai International Airport last week. The incident, involving personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force, has sparked outrage and drawn attention to the ongoing discrimination against transgender individuals in public spaces, particularly at airports. …

Certificates Issued Under Transgender Persons Act 2019 Acceptable For PAN Card Applications : Centre Tells Supreme Court
4 months, 1 week ago

Certificates Issued Under Transgender Persons Act 2019 Acceptable For PAN Card Applications : Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court recently suggested that the Union of India should incorporate provisions allowing certificates for identity and gender change issued under the Transgender Persons Act, 2019 as valid documentation for applying for a PAN card into the relevant Rules. The Court observed, “During the pendency of this petition, we sought a reply from Union of India, who has been …

Transgender identity certificate will be treated as valid documentation for PAN: Centre to SC
4 months, 1 week ago

Transgender identity certificate will be treated as valid documentation for PAN: Centre to SC

India TV News  

The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that a transgender identity certificate will be considered valid documentation for obtaining a Permanent Account Number card. The Indian government has also informed the court that a 'certificate of identity' issued by the district magistrate under the Transgender Persons Act, 2019 will be valid documentation for applying for a PAN card. "During the …

In Landmark Move, Govt Permits IRS Officer to Officially Change Name And Gender
5 months, 4 weeks ago

In Landmark Move, Govt Permits IRS Officer to Officially Change Name And Gender

News 18  

In a groundbreaking decision, the ministry of finance has approved an appeal by a senior Indian Revenue Service officer to officially change her name and gender—the first time this has happened in Indian Civil Service history. According to the order, Ms M Anusuya, IRS submitted a petition to the ministry, requesting the government’s approval to change her name to Mr …

Kerala transwoman forced to undergo conversion therapy gets HC relief
6 months ago

Kerala transwoman forced to undergo conversion therapy gets HC relief

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court allowed a 19-year-old transwoman to live freely after she was allegedly held in illegal detention by her parents and sister and forced to undergo therapy aimed at ‘altering’ her gender identity. The bench of justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and PM Manoj held that LGBT persons like other heterosexual persons are entitled to their privacy and the …

Kerala transwoman forced to undergo conversion therapy gets HC relief
6 months ago

Kerala transwoman forced to undergo conversion therapy gets HC relief

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala high court allowed a 19-year-old transwoman to live freely after she was allegedly held in illegal detention by her parents and sister and forced to undergo therapy aimed at ‘altering’ her gender identity. The bench of justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and PM Manoj held that LGBT persons like other heterosexual persons are entitled to their privacy and the …

Treat transgenders as special category for employment, education: Madras HC
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Treat transgenders as special category for employment, education: Madras HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Holding that the transgenders should be treated only as a special category irrespective of their caste, the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to not bring them under either female or male category for education and employment. Justice V Bhavani Subbaroyan in an order passed on June 12, 2024 said in 'every employment and educational avenues,' …

Need Time To Develop Policy For Fresh Passports To Individuals Undergoing Sex Change Abroad: MEA To Delhi High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Need Time To Develop Policy For Fresh Passports To Individuals Undergoing Sex Change Abroad: MEA To Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Ministry of External Affairs has told the Delhi High Court that it needs time to thoroughly examine the suggestion of developing a new policy on issuance of new passport to those who undergo medical procedures for sex change abroad in order to verify their identities as the biometrics do not change after such surgeries.The court has been informed that …

'How's Being Transgender a Caste Identity?' Bihar's 'Discriminatory' Caste Survey Reaches Patna HC
1 year, 8 months ago

'How's Being Transgender a Caste Identity?' Bihar's 'Discriminatory' Caste Survey Reaches Patna HC

News 18  

They face societal stigma, often have to fight for their fundamental rights, and find themselves detached from the society but now, Bihar’s transgender community has entered the battlefield to fight for their identity. Prasad’s petition said that categorising “transgenders as a caste, is unconstitutional and arbitrary as it is inconsistent with Articles 14, 15, 16, 19 and 21 as well …

Bengaluru processes passport with gender change for man turned woman: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru processes passport with gender change for man turned woman: Report

Hindustan Times  

In a rare instance, the Regional Passport Office in Bengaluru received a gender change request on a passport after a resident underwent sex-change surgery to become a woman. This is perhaps the first time that a passport is being rectified for gender change after a surgical procedure in Bengaluru since the process became digitised, The Times of India reported. A …

Inheritance rights of transgenders: Journey hitherto and challenges ahead
2 years, 1 month ago

Inheritance rights of transgenders: Journey hitherto and challenges ahead

Firstpost  

With the law recognising only sons and daughters as legal successors, a transgender person’s right to inheritance is mired in legal tangles While our Constitution guarantees equality in every sphere of life, including law, to every Indian citizen, the reality is starkly different. However, with the personal laws still acknowledging only ‘sons’ or ‘daughters’ as successors in the absence of …

Rajasthan teacher changes gender via surgery, marries student: What is sex reassignment procedure?
2 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan teacher changes gender via surgery, marries student: What is sex reassignment procedure?

Firstpost  

Sex reassignment surgery, also known as gender affirmation or confirmation surgery, includes procedures to help people transition to the gender they identify with. Sex reassignment surgery, also called gender affirmation or confirmation surgery, includes procedures to help people transition to the gender they identify themselves with. Challenges of sex reassignment surgery in India As per the 2011 Census, India has …

Rajasthan: Teacher undergoes gender-affirming surgery to marry her student
2 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan: Teacher undergoes gender-affirming surgery to marry her student

Op India  

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Underserved And Misrepresented: Higher Morbidity among Transgender People in India A Very Real Concern
2 years, 5 months ago

Underserved And Misrepresented: Higher Morbidity among Transgender People in India A Very Real Concern

News 18  

Though Indian texts as old as 3,000 years have documented the history of having transgender people in prominent and important positions, in the contemporary “modern world”, they face social unacceptance, exclusion, and limitations to basic facilities. Although transgender people are now recognised as the third gender, there is still a large healthcare gap that remains to be addressed and closed. …

Insisting On Transgender Person To Produce "Gender Re-Assignment Certificate" For Passport Prima Facie Violates Article 21: Delhi High Court
2 years, 8 months ago

Insisting On Transgender Person To Produce "Gender Re-Assignment Certificate" For Passport Prima Facie Violates Article 21: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday observed that the Passport Rues, insofar as they require a Transgender person to produce certificate of Gender Re-assignment Surgery, is prima facie in teeth of the Supreme Court's judgment in NALSA v. Union of India and is violative of Article 21 of the Constitution.A Bench led by Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi observed,"You can't …

'Transgender Students Harassed In Hostels, Forced To Drop Out': Plea In Karnataka High Court For Separate Accommodation, Notice Issued
2 years, 9 months ago

'Transgender Students Harassed In Hostels, Forced To Drop Out': Plea In Karnataka High Court For Separate Accommodation, Notice Issued

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the state government and other respondents on a petition filed by India's one of the first transgender doctor, seeking directions to provide separate hostel facilities for transgender students in higher educational institutions. The petition filed through Advocate Rohan Kothari states that, "One of the main reasons why transgender students often are forced …

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging Requirement Of Sex Change Certificate For Re-Issuance Of Passport To Transgender Persons
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Challenging Requirement Of Sex Change Certificate For Re-Issuance Of Passport To Transgender Persons

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to respond on a petition seeking issuance of a new passport to a Transgender woman with the required changes in name and gender without insisting on the production of sex-change certificate.A Division Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh allowed the request made by Centre's counsel, Soumya Singh, …

Transgender people sue over law on birth certificate changes
3 years, 5 months ago

Transgender people sue over law on birth certificate changes

Associated Press  

— Two transgender people sued Friday over a new Montana law that makes it difficult for transgender people to change the sex on their birth certificates. The law requires transgender people to change their sex by surgical procedure and receive a court order indicating that in order for them to change the sex on their birth certificate. “My inability to …

Prohibit Attempts To Medically 'Cure' Or Change Sexual Orientation Of LGBTQIA+ People : Madras High Court
3 years, 7 months ago

Prohibit Attempts To Medically 'Cure' Or Change Sexual Orientation Of LGBTQIA+ People : Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has directed the Union and the State Government to take steps to prohibit attempts by physical and health professionals to medically "cure" or change the sexual orientation of people belonging to LGBTQIA+ community.The Court has also directed that action should be initiated against the concerned professional involving themselves in any form or method of conversion. The …

Transgender Person Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Insistence On Sex Change Certificate For Re-Issuance Of Passport
3 years, 7 months ago

Transgender Person Moves Delhi High Court Challenging Insistence On Sex Change Certificate For Re-Issuance Of Passport

Live Law  

A Plea has been moved before the Delhi High Court challenging Passport Rules, 1980 to the extent that it makes it mandatory for a Transgender to obtain a sex change certificate so that one could be re-issued a passport recognizing one as a "Female". Brief facts of the matter in hand The petitioner, Lasya Kahli Singh self-declared her gender and …

Kerala to include transgender option in all govt application forms
3 years, 11 months ago

Kerala to include transgender option in all govt application forms

India Today  

Kerala Health and Social Justice Minister KK Shailaja said on Monday that the application forms currently used for various purposes in all departments of the state government will be revised to include transgender as a gender identity option. The government applications can be changed to woman/men/transgender/transwoman/transmen since Kerala has a transgender policy and the sate government finances their gender reassignment …

Transsexual Doctor Found Begging in Tamil Nadu, Cops Help Her Realise Dream of Opening a Clinic
4 years, 1 month ago

Transsexual Doctor Found Begging in Tamil Nadu, Cops Help Her Realise Dream of Opening a Clinic

News 18  

A young transsexual doctor found in the company of transgenders and begging on the streets of this temple town was rescued by the police who are now helping her open a clinic. The transsexual, who did not want her name to be revealed, hopes to move the Medical Council of India for making appropriate changes in the records, and open …

Transgender Persons Act comes into effect
4 years, 11 months ago

Transgender Persons Act comes into effect

The Hindu  

The Social Justice Ministry issued a notification on January 10, 2019, notifying the Transgender Persons Act, 2019, which was passed by Parliament on November 26 and given Presidential assent on December 5, 2019. It also recognises the right to self-perceived gender identity and provides for certification from a District Magistrate; in case a transgender person has had a gender-change surgery, …

Delhi HC To Hear A Plea Challenging CBSE And DU Rules That Restrict Change Of Gender On Education Records
5 years, 3 months ago

Delhi HC To Hear A Plea Challenging CBSE And DU Rules That Restrict Change Of Gender On Education Records

Live Law  

A transgender woman has moved a PIL before the Delhi High Court challenging rules of Department of Publication, Government of India, which mandatorily requires Sex Reassignment Surgery for changing the gender of a person on official records. In the present PIL, the Petitioner, who identifies as a hijra, seeks to challenge the Guidelines for Notification of Public Notice for Change …

Queering The Law: Vidhi's Report on How Gendered Laws Affect LGBTQ Community [Read Report]
5 years, 4 months ago

Queering The Law: Vidhi's Report on How Gendered Laws Affect LGBTQ Community [Read Report]

Live Law  

Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy has released its report on the Gender Impact Assessment of the laws in India. Titled 'Queering The Law', the report highlights as to how our laws are plagued by the flawed and restrictive understanding of sexual and gender complexities that exist in our society. The report also terms medical establishments as a major site of …

Govt Should Take Steps To Include Column For Transgenders In Online Form For Name Change In Official Gazette: Bombay HC
5 years, 8 months ago

Govt Should Take Steps To Include Column For Transgenders In Online Form For Name Change In Official Gazette: Bombay HC

Live Law  

While hearing a petition filed by a 29-year-old transgender, the Bombay High Court has observed that the state government should take steps to include a column for transgenders in the online application form for change of name in the official gazette. According to the petition, the petitioner's application to the Directorate of Government and Printing Stationery to change the name …

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