Transgender rights

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

Where ex-cricketer Anaya Bangar’s research project stands amid wider debate on trans women in sports

July 10, 2025 2:28 pm

The BCCI follows the ICC’s strict ban on trans women in cricket. Bangar said she has collected data to begin a conversation on understanding the complexities of transgender athletes’ performance metrics in competitive sports.

India’s new National Sports Policy promises inclusion but fails to cater to women, transgender and disabled athletes

July 07, 2025 12:21 pm

Without rights-based frameworks, measurable outcomes, or accountability mechanisms, its ambitious promises risk remaining aspirational

Trump administration demands California bar trans girls from girls sports

June 26, 2025 9:57 am

The US Education Department also warned that unless California reverses course, it could lose federal funding.

In landmark order, Calcutta HC says transgender ID can be submitted while applying for passport; 'big victory' says petitioner

June 23, 2025 2:39 am

The Calcutta High Court’s ruling effectively mandates the Regional Passport Office to recognise the transgender identity card as a valid document.

‘Could a woman make your team, fellas’: Donald Trump leaves Juventus players awkward

June 19, 2025 3:17 pm

Juventus players “smiled nervously but did not offer a response” at this question by Donald Trump. A clip of the exchange shows dumbstruck players looking at each other when asked the question.

Let our parents be parents, without the burden of the gender binary

June 19, 2025 10:21 am

I read, in awe, the judgment of the Kerala High Court granting five-month-old Zabiya Zahhad the dignity of calling her parents — a trans man and a trans woman — “Parents”

Despite govt order, very few public offices in Pune have loos dedicated to transgender community

May 08, 2025 1:09 pm

Pune Collector vows action after years of neglect on transgender toilet facilities in public offices.

Transgender women footballers barred from playing in women’s game in UK

May 01, 2025 6:20 pm

The decision comes on the back of Britain’s supreme court ruling that the term ‘women’ in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman.

What the UK can learn from India about trans rights and inclusive feminism

April 25, 2025 11:55 am

At a time when exclusion is often framed as protection, some collective practices of reflection, care, and solidarity remind us that the feminist and queer project has always been about expanding, not narrowing, the possibilities of belonging

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

November 22, 2022 2:55 pm