Topic: Transgender
Kerala transwoman Sruthy Sithara crowned Miss Trans Global Universe
Sruthy Sithara, Kerala model-artist, has won the title of Miss Trans Global Universe 2021 at the annual pageant on Wednesday, 1 December.
Transgender Persons Act: Sordid implications of a failed law
Post the passing of ‘Transgender Persons (Protectionof Rights) Act, 2019’; A string of volitional mistakes have made it harder for trans folk to avail the benefits that were meant for them.
Transgender activist shot dead outside home in West Bengal
A prominent transgender activist Sumana Dhar has been shot dead by bike-borne youths near her home in Sabitri Pally in Nimta, about 16km north from the heart of Calcutta on Sunday evening.
“Institutional Murder,” Protests over Kerala’s first transgender radio jockey’s death
Anannyah Kumari Alex, a well-known transgender media personality from Kerala, who was the first from her community to file nomination papers as a candidate for the Kerala Assembly elections this time, was found dead in an apartment in Kochi on Tuesday, a week after she accused Dr Arjun Asokan, a plastic surgeon at Renai Medicity in Kochi of medical negligence.
Queers beyond their nationalities
"Whenever we talk about Indo-Pak peace, we mainly discuss political and military issues but we never think about marginalized communities of both countries. LGBTQIA+ is one of those communities which still lacks platforms to discuss, come together and learn."
Only 7 states, 2 UTs record transgender prisoners separately from male/ female binary categorisation: Report
Out of all states and Union Territories in India, only 9 had recorded the data of transgender prisoners separately from the male/ female binary categorisation, according to a new report by the rights group Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI).
