By Vivek Joseph Hyderabad: Leaders of transgender and Hijra communities in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad on July 15 met with officials of the Telangana government at an event held at the Montfort Social Institute. The Montfort institute collaborated with the Human Rights Law Network and the Trans EqualityContinue Reading
Chennai: Aruvi is a 25-year-old transgender person pursuing gender studies at the University of Hyderabad. Having previously worked in the IT sector, she is a strong advocate of the rights of the transgender community – who face discrimination across India. Aruvi lives in Chennai, the capital of the south IndianContinue Reading
Lucknow, Feb 10, 2020: People from the transgender community on Sunday took out a march here to express solidarity with the women protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at the city’s iconic Clock Tower in Hussainabad. Raising slogans against the government and the new law, protestors voiced their dissentContinue Reading
Kochi/New Delhi: LGBT campaigners urged the state governments in country on Monday to “learn a lesson” from Kerala after authorities in the wealthy southern state said they would cover the cost of gender reassignment surgeries. Kerala’s chief minister said his government would pay 200,000 rupees ($3,000) to allow people toContinue Reading
By Prema Chowallur Guwahati: About 100 transgender people attended a rally in Assam to seek acceptance and respect from wider society. The All Assam Transgender Association organized the rally, titled “Transgender Pride,” at Guwahati, the commercial capital of the northeastern Indian state. Transgender community members from Guwahati Metro and ruralContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: In a relief to thousands of transgenders in the state, the Kerala government is all set to open exclusive TG clinics and begin sex-change surgery in the state-run medical colleges for the first time. The step is part of the state governments various initiatives to bring the marginalised groupContinue Reading
Guwahati: A crusader of transgender rights has asked the Gauhati High Court to direct the Assam government to secure the community’s rights and welfare. Assam in northeastern India has of more than 20,000 transgender people, says Swati Bidhan Baruah, who approached the court March end. The plight of transgender inContinue Reading
On a sunlit day in mid-December, humid and ripe as South India winters tend to be, six Carmelite nuns invited the transgender activist Vijayaraja Mallika over for tea. They sat inside the Provincial House of the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC) to discuss Mallika’s new venture: a schoolContinue Reading
Helping transgender people to find human dignity will be the best gift I could offer to Baby JesusContinue Reading
At lease 50 building owners refused space to start the schoolContinue Reading
