Category: Transgender Articles

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (Central Act 35 of 2009) was enacted by the Parliament in 2009 to provide for free and compulsory education

The University Grants Commission (UGC) released a notification stating the inclusion of transgender in the various scholarships and schemes by the UGC, adhering to the NALSA Judgment of the Hon’ble

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The International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia is observed on 17th May every year. This date was chosen to commemorate the decision to remove homosexuality from the International Classification

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The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its 2014 judgement of NALSA v. Union of India expounded the reading of Article 21 of the Constitution of India and held that

The Govt of India estimates approximately 2.5 million gay people, says a Reuters piece on Section 377. This could be a conservative number, as a lot of Queer folks choose

The Madras High Court on 13th August 2021, in the matter of M K T v. The Inspector of Police set the detenue Revathi at liberty from the unlawful custody

A study on ‘Human Rights as a Third Gender’ (2018) carried out by the Kerala Development Society on behalf of National Human Rights Commission India (NHRC) revealed that around 99% of

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 (Act) received the presidential assent on 5 December 2019. The Act subsequently came into effect on 10 January 2020, by way of