India Just Passed A Trans Rights Bill. Why Are Trans Activists Protesting It?
5 years, 1 month ago

India Just Passed A Trans Rights Bill. Why Are Trans Activists Protesting It?

NPR  

India Just Passed A Trans Rights Bill. Trans activist Gee Imaan Semmalar says the identity registration requirement flouts a landmark 2014 ruling by India's Supreme Court which recognized the right to choose gender. Sponsor Message "You're basically putting a lot of burden on trans people and adding a lot of bureaucratic layers and red-tapeism," says Ajita Banerjie, a Delhi-based gender and sexuality rights researcher. Banerjie added that the bill fails to mention civil rights like marriage, adoption, social security benefits and also does not provide quotas for transgender people in public education and jobs — something that the Supreme Court's 2014 ruling had directed the government to do. In 2014, in a massive victory for India's roughly half a million trans individuals, the country's Supreme Court recognized transgender as a third, separate identity and ruled that Indians have the right to choose their gender.

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Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Union & States On Plea To Establish Transgender Welfare Boards
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of Union & States On Plea To Establish Transgender Welfare Boards

Live Law  

The Supreme Court today directed the Union Government and States and Union Territories, who have not entered appearance, to file an affidavit within 8 weeks on a Public Interest Litigation seeking the establishment of the Transgender Welfare Boards.A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and S.V.N. The Supreme Court today directed the Union Government and States and Union Territories, who have …

Can Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Act, 2019 Be A Saviour?
2 years, 11 months ago

Can Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Act, 2019 Be A Saviour?

Live Law  

Recently it appeared in the newspapers that a petition was moved by a highly qualified transwoman to the legal aid cell of Kerala High court seeking for euthanasia as she had no hope to survive with dignity. Till 2014, until The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014 a private member's Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by Tiruchi Siva, …

Supreme Court Issues Notice In PIL Seeking Establishment Of Transgender Welfare Board,Committee To Investigate Gross Abuse Against Trans Persons By Police
3 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice In PIL Seeking Establishment Of Transgender Welfare Board,Committee To Investigate Gross Abuse Against Trans Persons By Police

Live Law  

Supreme Court Issues Notice In PIL Seeking Establishment Of Transgender Welfare Board and Appoint Standing Committee To Investigate Gross Abuse Against Trans Persons By Police Supreme Court on Monday issued notice in a PIL seeking establishment of the Transgender Welfare Board to address social welfare issues of a trans person and to appoint a Standing Committee in order to investigate …

PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Establishment Of Transgender Welfare Board, Standing Committee To Investigate Gross Abuse Against Trans Persons By Police
3 years, 10 months ago

PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Establishment Of Transgender Welfare Board, Standing Committee To Investigate Gross Abuse Against Trans Persons By Police

Live Law  

A PIL has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking establishment of the Transgender Welfare Board to address social welfare issues of a trans person and to appoint a Standing Committee in order to investigate reports of abuse against trans person by the police. It is then submitted that there exist various contradictions in the Trans Act, which was passed …

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
4 years, 4 months ago

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019

Live Law  

All but the transgender community in India has been deprived of basic rights in the fields of education, employment, and healthcare and have been subject to discriminatory practices since time immemorial. It was only recently that the need to protect their rights has been realised and a Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha "The Transgender Persons Act, 2019" seeking …

Indian law invisibilises, discriminates against queer people; one project reimagines legislation to make it more inclusive
4 years, 10 months ago

Indian law invisibilises, discriminates against queer people; one project reimagines legislation to make it more inclusive

Firstpost  

A project titled Queering The Law, by the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, looks at the ways in which queer people can have better legal representation, in order to be able to better access the law and other civic institutions. The authors, Akshat Agarwal, Diksha Sanyal and Namrata Mukherjee, intend Queering The Law to be a resource to inform conversations …

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act Comes Into Force From 10 January 2020 [Read Notification]
4 years, 11 months ago

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act Comes Into Force From 10 January 2020 [Read Notification]

Live Law  

The Transgender Persons Act, 2019, has also come into force on 10th January 2020.The Transgender Persons Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 5, 2019, during its monsoon session, and was later cleared by the Rajya Sabha in Winter session. The Transgender Persons Act, 2019, has also come into force on 10th January 2020. The Transgender Persons Bill …

Transgender Persons Bill: Identity crisis
5 years ago

Transgender Persons Bill: Identity crisis

The Hindu  

The Transgender Persons Bill, 2019, which received the President’s assent on December 5 and was notified as an Act by the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre despite nationwide protests against its provisions, has been in the thick of controversy ever since it was passed by the Rajya Sabha on November 26. Other provisions of the Bill include prohibition …

Transgender bill awaits presidential nod to become law but betrays the very community it aims to protect
5 years, 1 month ago

Transgender bill awaits presidential nod to become law but betrays the very community it aims to protect

Firstpost  

There is an inadequate representation of transgender persons in the proposed National Council for Transgender Persons since only five members will be from the community. On 26 November, 2019, the Rajya Sabha passed the Transgender Persons Bill, 2019, ignoring opposition from the transgender community and demands from multiple MPs to have the bill reviewed and amended by a select committee. …

Transgender bill 2019 will lead to harassment and discrimination allege community members
5 years, 1 month ago

Transgender bill 2019 will lead to harassment and discrimination allege community members

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai’s transgender community members and rights activists have rejected the Transgender Persons Bill 2019, passed by Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, as discriminatory and said it will result in continued harassment of the community. Groups representing the community said the Bill violated the historic National Legal Services Authority judgment by the Supreme Court in 2014 that recognised transgenders right to self-determination …

Trans, queer collectives in city gather to protest new Bill
5 years, 1 month ago

Trans, queer collectives in city gather to protest new Bill

The Hindu  

A day after the Transgender Persons Bill, 2019 was passed in the Rajya Sabha, members of the trans community gathered to express their discontent at a press event in Mumbai on Wednesday. “The criminalisation of transgender people for begging and denying opportunities in education and healthcare is similar to socially controlling them,” said Rachana Mudraboyina, a trans activist and member …

Stop transgender bill: Community activists say it violates their rights
5 years, 1 month ago

Stop transgender bill: Community activists say it violates their rights

India Today  

The members of Transgender, Inter-Sex and Gender non-conforming communities on Wednesday staged a protest against the passage of Transgender Persons Bill. It treats us as non-equals and violates some of our fundamental individual rights," said one activist at the press conference organised on Wednesday. Some objections include requisite "application to District Magistrate for legal recognition and proof of surgery which …

Parliament passes Bill to protect rights of transgenders
5 years, 1 month ago

Parliament passes Bill to protect rights of transgenders

India TV News  

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Transgender Persons Bill 2019 that seeks to stop discrimination against the people from transgender community. The motion by DMK member Tiruchi Siva to refer the bill to a Select Committee for further examination was defeated with 67 members opposing, and 48 members voting in favour. Replying on the bill, Social Justice and Empowerment …

Breaking : Parliament Passes Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill [Read Bill]
5 years, 1 month ago

Breaking : Parliament Passes Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill [Read Bill]

Live Law  

The Transgender Persons Bill, 2019, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 5, 2019, during its monsoon session, was cleared by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote today, without any amendments. The bill moved by the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Mr. Thaawarchand Gehlot, is aimed at protecting the rights of transgender persons by granting them recognition …

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 …

Lok Sabha passes Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) bill; proposed law provides for national authority to safeguard community's rights
5 years, 5 months ago

Lok Sabha passes Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) bill; proposed law provides for national authority to safeguard community's rights

Firstpost  

Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders. The Transgender Persons Bill 2019 was passed by a voice vote amid noisy protests by some opposition parties. New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders. The …

Transgender Bill encourages sexual assault of transgenders: Delhi Commission For Women
5 years, 5 months ago

Transgender Bill encourages sexual assault of transgenders: Delhi Commission For Women

India TV News  

The Delhi Commission For Women on Friday wrote a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment alleging that the Transgender Bill encourages sexual assault of transgenders. The Transgender Persons Bill, 2019, was introduced by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot last week and provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment …

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