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TRANSGENDER NEWS

High courts best forum for runaway couples intending to marry: Lawyer on unmarried, live-in couples seeking protection in courts

November 17, 2025 2:21 pm

Advocate Utkarsh Singh told The Indian Express that the biggest challenge in representing the unmarried live-in relationship couple is convincing the court that they are ‘citizens of India’ exercising their constitutional right.

Transgender person, friend jump into Mahim creek after argument: Police

November 12, 2025 10:51 am

The Mahim police informed the family members of Shaikh and Khan, and recorded their statements.

‘If I hadn’t been forced to quit, I would have earned lakhs by now': Trans woman petitioner Jane Kaushik

November 12, 2025 3:53 pm

Forced to resign by two private schools in one year over her gender identity, school teacher Jane Kaushik's SC plea recently ended with the top court stating that private enterprises were not allowed to discriminate against the community

Provide reservations to transgenders in public employment in six months: Andhra Pradesh High Court directs state govt

November 11, 2025 4:40 pm

AP HC transgender reservation order: The court held that there is a dire need to mainstream the transgender persons in India and to adopt an inclusive approach including affirmative action by the State in public employment.

Transgender dispute: Kinnar Akhara chief seeks police protection for members, cites ‘threat to life'

October 22, 2025 3:09 pm

Police officials said the discord took a serious turn on the night of October 15, when 24 members of the Nandlalpura Dera allegedly consumed phenyl with the intention of committing suicide.

Without inclusive curricula, transgender students’ access to education is a half victory

October 17, 2025 2:37 pm

Political and educational institutions prematurely celebrate access (and representation) of students from equity-deserving groups in their classrooms. But access does not guarantee postadmission inclusion

SC forms panel to draft equal opportunity policy for transgender persons; ex-Delhi HC judge to head it

October 17, 2025 1:43 pm

The Supreme Court was hearing a plea by a trans woman teacher who said that her services were unlawfully terminated by two schools, in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, over her gender identity.

Harry Potter reboot: How JK Rowling’s continued anti-trans activism spurred boycott call

October 18, 2025 9:33 am

The boycott call, which extends to all properties affiliated with Rowling, aims to create financial consequences for the author who has lent her conviction and money to anti-transgender rights advocacy for years. Here is what to know.

Allegations swirl as 24 transgender residents of Indore attempt mass suicide

October 17, 2025 2:26 am

They were immediately taken to hospital and are now stable, said police, who attributed the incident to an alleged rivalry between two groups in the community. However, some locals linked it to the alleged rape of a trans person.

Delhi HC seeks Centre's response in PIL on protection of transgender women, children under rape law

October 08, 2025 10:18 pm

The bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela has appointed senior advocate N Hariharan, who specialises in criminal law, as an amicus curiae in the case to assist the court.

TRANSGENDER PHOTOS

Transgender models audition in New Delhi

February 09, 2016 10:30 am

A walk-in transgender model audition was conducted on Sunday (February 7) by Rudrani Chettri, who is setting up a transgender modelling agency in New Delhi.

Eunuchs' festival in Tamil Nadu

May 14, 2014 12:56 pm

Eunuchs from all over India gather in this village to re-enact a story adopted from Mahabharata, in which they symbolically marry Aravan, believed to be the patron god of transgender communities.

TRANSGENDER VIDEOS

A Beauty Pageant For The Misidentified Gender

June 22, 2020 7:01 pm

Watch the video on transgender models Navya and Saiba were both selected for the final round of the trans-woman beauty pageant scheduled to take place in Delhi

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