A trans rights milestone
1 year, 8 months ago

A trans rights milestone

Hindustan Times  

Last month, the Manipur government’s education department directed all high schools and higher secondary schools to set up anti-discrimination cells to ensure greater enrolment and retention of transgender students. In Assam, Meghalaya and West Bengal, transgender issues have found inclusion in higher education in Gauhati University, Tezpur University, Martin Luther Christian University, Jadavpur University and St. Xavier’s College. In 2016, the West Bengal University of Juridical Sciences went a step ahead and consulted community groups to draft an organisational transgender policy. In line with this, the State Legal Services Authorities in Manipur, Odisha and West Bengal were proactive about providing legal aid to transgender persons even before the NALSA verdict. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, only Manipur and pockets of West Bengal saw community engagement with the Election Commission to increase the number of transgender voters.

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Transgender student faces discriminatory treatment at Chennai airport
1 month, 1 week 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. …

First in India: Transgender persons to manage traffic
3 months, 1 week ago

First in India: Transgender persons to manage traffic

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a groundbreaking initiative aimed at inclusivity and providing employment opportunities, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has announced a new experiment in Hyderabad's traffic management system by hiring transgender individuals as traffic control volunteers. Additionally, the Chief Minister suggested that transgender volunteers should have a special uniform while on duty, creating a sense of professionalism and recognition. The uniform …

Transgender identity certificate will be treated as valid documentation for PAN: Centre to SC
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Treat transgenders as special category for employment, education: Madras HC
6 months, 1 week 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,' …

Transgender Entrepreneurship in India
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Transgender Entrepreneurship in India

Deccan Chronicle  

Transgender, when we listen to this word we construct the idea of either begging at the traffic signal/ trains or involved in the prostitution making their lives visibly miserable. Historically, Transgender individuals in India have faced significant social stigma and discrimination, which hindered their ability to access education, employment and financial resources. Despite the few efforts made by the government, …

Central government hospital steps in to bat for transpersons’ health
1 year, 2 months ago

Central government hospital steps in to bat for transpersons’ health

The Hindu  

“Visiting a medical establishment as a patient often translates to being harassed or humiliated. However, the reality is that transgender persons often face sociological, mental and physical health issues and “there is dearth of data regarding their major health problems”, noted a recently published study titled The Third Gender in a Third World Country: Major Concerns and the AIIMS Initiative. …

Dr. RML Hospital inaugurates India’s first dedicated OPD for transgenders
1 year, 2 months ago

Dr. RML Hospital inaugurates India’s first dedicated OPD for transgenders

The Hindu  

“Coming to a medical establishment as a patient often translates into being harassed or humiliated. Both the public and even some medical/support staff, are still unable to accept us as human beings who are in this space for treatment,” says 23-year-old Ruchi, seeking sex reassignment surgeries at India’s first dedicated transgender out-patient department clinic at Dr. RML Hospital on September …

How India Inc. is trying to become more inclusive
1 year, 6 months ago

How India Inc. is trying to become more inclusive

Live Mint  

While working at a multinational few years ago, Rashika Maity, a trans-gender woman, faced a lot of discrimination. “We have come a long way with regular policy updates, review of internal practices, and launch of engagements to initiate conversation and sensitization around this topic,” says Sreya Ghosh Oberoi, Capgemini India’s senior director. “We believe the transgender community needs wider representation …

With this salon, city undergoes paradigm TransFormation
1 year, 8 months ago

With this salon, city undergoes paradigm TransFormation

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A salon run by transgender persons was inaugurated in the city on Saturday morning. Mumbai, India - March 25, 2023: Zainab, a member of the transgender community and owner of 'Transformation Salon', a salon completely run by transgender persons belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community poses with the members for the photos during the inauguration, at Prabhadevi, in Mumbai, India, …

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. …

Despite legislation, transgender community faces discrimination and abuse
2 years, 7 months ago

Despite legislation, transgender community faces discrimination and abuse

The Hindu  

More than three years after she was denied a job in the Maharashtra State Police force despite passing the written exam with flying colours because a medical test declared her a "man" citing anatomical anomalies even she was not aware of, the Bombay High Court on Thursday finally cleared the way for the woman's appointment, asking the Maharashtra Government to …

'Transgender Students Harassed In Hostels, Forced To Drop Out': Plea In Karnataka High Court For Separate Accommodation, Notice Issued
2 years, 8 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 …

Gauhati High Court Seeks State Gov's Response On Health Welfare Measures Undertaken For Transgender Persons As Per 2019 Act
3 years, 1 month ago

Gauhati High Court Seeks State Gov's Response On Health Welfare Measures Undertaken For Transgender Persons As Per 2019 Act

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday sought the State's response on its measures taken for the health and welfare of the transgender community. The Court was adjudicating upon a plea moved by by transgender activist Swati Bidhan Baruah, raising several issues faced by members of the said community in accessing health and medical facilities. On the last date of hearing, …

LGBTQIA+ Rights In India: The Road Ahead
3 years, 6 months ago

LGBTQIA+ Rights In India: The Road Ahead

Live Law  

In March 2021, Oscar Davies, an English Barrister-at-law, became the first person known to be listed at Chambers in the U.K. with a gender-neutral honorific 'Mx', as opposed to being listed with the binary honorifics of 'Mr' or 'Ms'. While there is a similar recognition of transgender rights within the Indian legal domain, especially since the 2014 judgment of the …

Do You Have Any Scheme To Look After Health Issues Of Transgender Community?: Gauhati High Court Asks Assam Govt
3 years, 9 months ago

Do You Have Any Scheme To Look After Health Issues Of Transgender Community?: Gauhati High Court Asks Assam Govt

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam Government if it has proposed any scheme to look after the health issues of the members of the Transgender community. A Division Bench comprising of Chief Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak further directed the Central Health Ministry to come up with the list of beneficiaries under the Ayushman Bharat …

Take Immediate Steps To Set Up Grievance Redressal Forum In Compliance Of S. 11 Of The Transgender Act Of 2019: Calcutta High Court To Govt.
3 years, 10 months ago

Take Immediate Steps To Set Up Grievance Redressal Forum In Compliance Of S. 11 Of The Transgender Act Of 2019: Calcutta High Court To Govt.

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court last week directed the Chief Secretary of the West Bengal State to take immediate steps to set up a Grievance Redressal Forum and Mechanism in the State in terms of Section 11 of Transgender Act of 2019. The Chief Secretary of the State shall also take immediate steps to set up a Grievance Redressal Forum and …

Gauhati HC Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Direction For Immediate Steps On Appointments To National Council For Transgenders As Per S.16 of Transgenders Act [Read Order]
4 years, 2 months ago

Gauhati HC Issues Notice On PIL Seeking Direction For Immediate Steps On Appointments To National Council For Transgenders As Per S.16 of Transgenders Act [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court has issued notice in a public interest litigation seeking issuance of directions to the Centre for taking "immediate and effective steps" for the appointment of the National Council for Transgenders in accordance with Section 16 of the Transgender Persons Act, 2019. It states that the Supreme Court in its judgment in National Legal services Authority v. …

Willing To Provide Reservation To Transgender Persons Under OBC : Karnataka Govt Tells HC [Read Affidavit]
4 years, 2 months ago

Willing To Provide Reservation To Transgender Persons Under OBC : Karnataka Govt Tells HC [Read Affidavit]

Live Law  

The Karnataka Government has said that it is willing to consider the transgender persons under one of the categories of Other Backward classes for recruitment, after obtaining the opinion of the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes. In an affidavit submitted before the Karnataka High Court by Dr Rajneesh Goel, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, it is stated that "According …

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