#transpersons — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #transpersons, aggregated by home.social.
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Madras HC directs TN government to implement horizontal reservation for trans persons
Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan was hearing a petition filed by Rakshika Raj, a trans woman nurse, seeking to quash a 2015 GO that considers her gender as her caste identity and to direct the state government to provide horizontal reservation.
#TamilNadu #MadrasHC #transpersons #reservation #TNGovt #trans #LGBTQIA #LGBT #gender #caste #india
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A 700-yr-old Dargah and a tradition of gender diverse inclusivity that lives on to this day
This February, The News Minute visited the Haji Malang Dargah near Mumbai during its annual Urs festival — a syncretic and pluralistic tradition involving Kinner and Hijra folks that is being threatened by claims that it is a Hindu temple. Rayyan Monkey writes.
#maharashtra #HajiMalangDargah #ReligiousHarmony #syncretism #transpersons #kinners #hijras #LGBTQIA #LGBT #queer #trans #sufism #india
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Banning transgender persons from begging is cruel and illegal
The policing of transgender persons and begging, are rooted in colonial prejudices, which have no place in a constitutional democracy, writes Rohin Bhatt.
#maharashtra #pune #nagpur #transpersons #begging #LGBTQIA #PunePolice #AmiteshKumar #LGBT #rights #discrimination #transphobia #marginalisation #india
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New criminal law Bill omits Section 377: How this impacts men and trans persons
Despite a Parliamentary Committee’s recommendation to retain Section 377, the reintroduced Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Bill omits it, making the rape of men, transgender individuals, and animals non-offences.
#BharatiyaNyahaSanhita #CriminalLawBill #section377 #rape #transpersons #SexualViolence #law #india
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NHRC advisory for transpersons pushes for separate toilets, pension rights, free sex reassignment surgery
A letter was sent to the Centre, State governments and administrations of Union Territories along with a request for reports on the action taken.
#transpersons #TransRights #LGBTQIA #LGBT #NHRC #SexReassignment #gender #HumanRights #india