By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, December 24, 2022: The Apostolic Carmel Sisters organized a unique Christmas celebration with transgender community in Bengaluru, giving a message of gender equality and inter-religious amity. The celebration held a week ago at the Apostolic Carmel Generalate in Jayanagar in collaboration with the Teachers TrainingContinue Reading
Karachi: Pakistan’s Christian transgender people, often mocked, abused and bullied, say they have found peace and solace in a church of their own. Shunned by other churches, they can raise their voices high here. During a recent service, transgender women, flowing scarves loose over their long hair, conducted Bible readingsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, July 22, 2020: A Hyderabad-based Montfort center for human rights has launched a livelihood program for those who have lost their livelihoods because of Covid-19. The first group to benefit from Montfort Social Institute (MSI) project, launched on July 21, is transgenders who lost theirContinue Reading
Chandigarh : Mohali town, adjoining Chandigarh, on May 29 witnessed high drama as a number of transgenders carried out a “naked” protest. The transgenders were protesting an alleged “fake news” published in a daily newspaper that members of their community waylaid motorists and people on the airport road to extortContinue Reading
Dr.james Kottoor(Chicago) The immediate provocation for focusing on this topic is the fact that Donald Trump, president of the oldest democracy in the world has criminalized over 15,000 transgenders in the military through a tweet and declared them to be unfit for service. He did it without consulting anyone, accordingContinue Reading
Kochi: Trangenders’ refusal to join duty, insensitive photo of a hearing impaired commuter on social media and a Congress protest journey spoiled the party for the Kochi Metro inaugurated by prime minister Narendra Modi less than a fortnight ago. Nine out of 21 transgenders employed by the Kochi Metro RailContinue Reading
Kochi: Kochi Metro is breaking new ground in gender justice by opening up employment opportunities to not only hundreds of women, but also the transgender community. Over 600 trained women from the Kudumbasree Mission have been employed to ensure smooth run of the first phase of the metro, to beContinue Reading
Chennai: At least 50 transgenders have applied for the 15,000 plus vacancies of police constables, firemen and jail warders for which the Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services Recruitment Board (TNUSRB) would conduct a written examination on May 21 (Sunday). Tamil Nadu became the first State to open the gates for theContinue Reading
Kochi: A project of the Mumbai diocese of the Marthoma church which works among the transgender community in Mumbai will extend its operations to the state. The decision was taken after they found that a large number of transgenders in Mumbai are originally from Kerala. Father Abin Srampickal Abraham ofContinue Reading
The baptism of an Ethiopian eunuch by Philip and the prophesy of Isaiah amply justified this truthContinue Reading