Madras High Court orders authorities to register a marriage between a man and a transwoman

The court said state authorities cannot question the self-determination of gender identity by the transwoman.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 23, 2019 · 06:35 pm

Elite sport is becoming a platform to target the transgender community

High-profile athletes have been speaking out against the eligibility of transgender people in elite female sporting competitions.

Ryan Storr, The Conversation

· Mar 18, 2019 · 09:15 pm

Japan’s top court upholds sterilisation law for transgender people seeking gender change

However, two of the judges proposed that the government periodically review the law.

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· Jan 26, 2019 · 07:23 pm

India’s Transgender Persons Bill undermines the rights of the individuals it seeks to protect

This Bill does not go far enough to protect transgender persons who are subjected to abuse relentlessly, and with relative impunity.

Aakar Patel

· Dec 25, 2018 · 08:00 am

‘This is a black day’: Activists criticise Transgender Persons Bill passed in Lok Sabha

They say the Bill passed by a voice vote on Monday is regressive, discriminatory and ignores their demands.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Dec 19, 2018 · 07:43 am

With new transgender rights Act, Pakistan could be pathbreaker – if the law is effectively executed

A country that is seen to be regressive on gender can show a more progressive side.

Rimmel Mohydin

· Dec 15, 2018 · 10:30 pm

Delhi’s transgender community face police harassment despite Supreme Court’s Section 377 verdict

A transgender woman in Delhi has alleged that she was raped and assaulted by police officials in 2012 and continues to be harassed by them.

Vijayta Lalwani

· Oct 09, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Uttarakhand High Court directs state government to give reservation to transgenders

The court ordered the state government to set up a welfare board in six months.

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· Sep 29, 2018 · 12:53 pm

After West Bengal and Maharashtra, Assam gets its first transgender judge

Swati Bidhan Baruah will be one among 20 member judges to mediate cases in a Lok Adalat in Guwahati on Saturday.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 13, 2018 · 01:16 pm

Has the Kerala High Court crossed the line by ordering psychological test on a trans woman?

The court has ignored all precedent to accept the plea of the mother of the trans woman, who alleged brainwashing of her son by the transgender community.

Sruthisagar Yamunan

· Jun 06, 2018 · 11:51 am

Video: Meet Salma Khan, the first transwoman Lok Adalat panelist in Mumbai

The 38-year-old was appointed along with a retired Bombay High Court judge and a sessions court lawyer in the alternate dispute redressal forum.

Shone Satheesh

· May 19, 2018 · 07:00 am

Centre introduces transgender option in PAN application form

Some transgender people had reported problems in linking their PAN with Aadhaar, as the biometric ID allows them to be listed as the third gender.

Scroll Staff

· Apr 10, 2018 · 02:41 pm