transgender

'Can't allow extraction of money': Allahabad HC on kinnar group's plea for area demarcation for collection

April 29, 2026 11:13 am

The petitioners had sought an order to govt, citing confrontations and 'murderous assaults' over territorial jurisdictions in Banda.

‘No legal backing’: Allahabad High Court rejects transgender person's plea seeking area to collect ‘badhai’

April 28, 2026 4:17 pm

A citizen of the country can be directed to pay only a legitimate amount in accordance with the law and extraction of money “wilfully or otherwise” cannot be permitted, the Allahabad High Court said.

‘By mistake’: Rajasthan High Court omits 3 paras in order rebuking Transgender Bill

April 03, 2026 5:55 pm

The Rajasthan High Court was hearing an application of the original petitioner Ganga Kumari, a trans woman, urging the court to discard the whole epilogue from the March 30 judgment. 

Zirwal video row: Transgender person accuses brother of doctoring clip; FIR filed

March 31, 2026 1:25 pm

Transgender complainant tells police the viral video was doctored using AI and used to extort money; FIR registered, probe widens

‘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.

Explained: The Olympics’ policy to bar transgender people from women’s sports, and its far-reaching impact

March 28, 2026 9:10 am

Inclusion in women’s sports has long been a subject of polarising debate. It has garnered further attention as issues related to diverse gender and sexual identities have become ideological battlegrounds in politics in recent years.

Transgender women banned from competing in female categories at Olympics, citing fairness concerns

March 27, 2026 11:23 am

The IOC also added that athletes wanting to compete in the female category at the Olympics would have to undergo a one-time SRY gene screening

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.

My community and I have spent years fighting for transgender rights. The work’s been undone over one Tuesday evening

March 25, 2026 5:08 pm

One hopes that better sense prevails, and that the Bill is fought and opposed in the Rajya Sabha. But most of all, I hope for a world where human identity isn’t a matter of scrutiny, isn’t a hot-button issue to be discussed

A third of Rs 1 lakh cr Delhi Budget for health & education; Modi’s 4 ‘s’ vision for infra push; cycles for schoolgirls signal gender equity

March 25, 2026 2:27 am

“This is the first time Delhi is presenting a ‘green budget’ in its development journey,” CM Rekha Gupta said, adding that every policy had been “viewed through a green lens”.

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.

Meet Navya Singh | An Aspiring Trans-Woman Model | Indian Transgender | Lakme Fashion Week

June 22, 2020 6:22 pm

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