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Supreme Court refuses interim stay on Transgender Act amendment, asks if self-identification can’t be misused

May 04, 2026 2:14 pm

Senior advocate A M Singhvi said the amendment contradicts a 2014 judgment of the Supreme Court that recognised the right to self-identification of gender as an aspect of dignity.

Transgender law raises alarms over surgeries, therapies and rights: ‘Will we be erased?’

April 13, 2026 6:51 am

From hormone therapy to surgery, stricter rules can delay or deny critical medical care and gender-affirming treatment midway

One Hyderabad apartment, eight trans lives, and a law that threatens them all

April 05, 2026 8:17 am

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 does not recognise self-identification as the basis for determining gender. For transgender people, it marks an erasure of the very identities they have spent years fighting to keep

The transgender law, which received Presidential assent on Monday, will come into force on a date to be notified by the Centre.

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 gets President nod

March 31, 2026 4:11 pm

The law, which received Presidential assent on March 30 will come into force on a date to be notified by the Centre.

The amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, however, marks a departure from that said constitutional baseline, said the Rajasthan High Court.

‘Selfhood not concession’: Rajasthan High Court grants 3% weightage to transgender persons, slams 2026 Bill for 'diluting' rights

April 03, 2026 4:41 pm

The Rajasthan High Court was hearing a writ petition by a transgender woman Ganga Kumari challenging the state’s January 12, 2023 notification that placed transgender persons in the OBC category.

Dr Aparna Lalingkar, an expert member of the National Council for Transgender Persons

Want minister’s answer on why we were not consulted on Transgender Bill: Advisory body member Dr Aparna Lalingkar

March 30, 2026 2:53 pm

Dr Aparna Lalingkar, an expert member of the National Council for Transgender Persons, says the new definition in the Transgender Bill forces people to undergo gender-affirming surgery for recognition of their identity.

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‘Kept in dark about Bill, minister skipped meeting’: Why India’s top transgender advisors resigned in protest

March 28, 2026 10:21 am

A Senior Economic Adviser heard out the opposition to the Bill from the four members. “She was dismissive of almost all the suggestions that the council members made,” Subramaniam claimed.

Derek O’Brien writes| Gender identity, now to be decided by the state

March 27, 2026 12:19 am

At a moment when representation is inching forward, amendments to theTrans Act, rushed through Parliament, push in the opposite direction

How sex and gender distinction has evolved over time

March 30, 2026 3:17 pm

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, has brought the issue of gender identity into focus. In this context, let’s understand how debates about sex and gender have been central to feminist theorisation, and examine the evolution of legal framework on gender identity in India.