Transgender rights

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.

Granting relief in trans woman’s name change plea, Punjab and Haryana High Court leaves larger legal question open

April 28, 2026 2:19 pm

The transgender woman moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court after a request to update her name in school records was stalled due to a rule mandating the submission of a medical certificate and a Gazette notification.

'We are not a diagnosis': Pune Trans community voices strong opposition to Amendment Act

March 31, 2026 9:55 pm

Members of the National Council for Transgender Persons, a government-appointed statutory body, have previously said that they were not consulted before this bill was drafted.

‘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

Transgender rights activist and NALSA petitioner Zainab Patel: ‘Now, I am what the system chooses to recognise me as, not who I say I am’

March 26, 2026 10:38 am

The first major issue we have against the government and this Bill is that none of the trans persons in India were consulted before the amendments. So, if the government is bringing in amendments, on what basis were these amendments brought in, asks Zainab Patel.

Amendments to Transgender Persons Act continue colonial project of discrimination

March 23, 2026 3:57 pm

Transgender citizenship should not be seen by the state merely as the extension of constitutional rights to gender minorities; it is central to the project of democracy itself

From granddaughter to grandson: Orissa High Court asks government to change property document after sex change

December 30, 2025 6:27 pm

Orissa High Court transgender property rights: Justice Behera underscored it as a legal duty of all courts to pass orders for the overall protection, safeguard, right to vote, right to own property, right to education, employment, and health of transpersons.

‘Social stigma, family disconnect‘: Transgender community in Bengal apprehensive over losing voting rights in SIR

November 29, 2025 4:42 pm

Activists point out that transgender individuals who are living on the streets or working in the informal economy are often excluded from the SIR process due to their lack of stable addresses and formal identification.

Blanket ban on blood donation for sexual and gender minorities is discriminatory

September 08, 2025 12:02 pm

The government should screen blood, not people, to avoid risks in blood supply

Memorial for victims of Colorado mass shooting is all about 'love over hate'

November 22, 2022 2:55 pm