Topic: Transgender
Madras HC issues notice in petition calling for Transgender Reservation, ID based on self-identification
Instead of providing reservation to transgender persons by including the under the MBC category, which is a form of vertical reservation, the reservation should be horizontal as a separate category for transgender and intersex persons on the basis of gender identity.“
Prakash Ambedkar’s party appoints first transgender spokesperson in Maharashtra
Transgender social activist and poet Disha Pinky Shaikh, from Ahmednagar, has been appointed as the state spokesperson of the Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA).
Apsara Reddy becomes the first transgender general secretary of Mahila Congress
Apsara Reddy, a transgender journalist and activist has been appointed National General secretary of the women’s wing of the Congress, Mahila Congress. She is the first transgender office bearer of the party.
‘It violates right to self-identity and constitutional rights’. Why Transpersons criticise the new Bill?
Transgender, intersex and gender non confirming community from across the country and allies have together opposed this amended Bill, which apart from an improved definition of the term transgender, continues to be unacceptable and needs to be redrafted or withdrawn.
‘They couldn’t protect a contestant MLA’. BLF and Trans-women protests over Chandramukhi’s missing
Chandramukhi M is a candidate of the Bahujan Left Front, led by the CPM, on the Goshamahal seat in Hyderabad
Sampoorna organises online campaign demanding police action against assaulter of transgenders
Sampoorna, a network of transgender and intersex Indians, on Thursday, organized an online campaign to urge Hyderabad Police to take action against Venkat Yadav, a man accused of assaulting trans women in the city since 2012.
