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Added on: 04/19/2021
04/18/2021
Kerala has been a pioneer in the field of transgender rights in the country. It was the first state in India to announce a transgender policy after…

World Voices

Added on: 04/13/2021
Nicolette Gullickson and Alexander Champeau
Alturi Contributors
  Definitions and Word Usage, According to Sayan’s Accounts Transgender: Started circulating in India in the mid-2000s in official documents. Even though it attempts to subsume various…

Global News

Added on: 04/03/2021
We recently watched The Queen’s Gambit with the kids. (This was after my sister breezily replied ‘Sure!’, when I asked if it was appropriate for children. I…

Global News

Added on: 03/11/2021
03/10/2021
In a major relief to a lesbian woman married against her wishes to a man of her family’s choice, a bench of Justice Mukta Gupta of the…

Global News

Added on: 03/01/2021
In an affidavit submitted to the Patna High Court, Bihar Government has said that it is committed to “respectful representation” of transgender people in public employment, and…

Global News

Added on: 02/20/2021
Several groups of the community came together at Bikram Chowk on January 21, 2021 to take out a nude protest. Four transgender persons were allegedly abudcted and…

Global News

Added on: 02/08/2021
02/07/2021
Life has been a roller-coaster ride for 32-year old Sanjana Chalavadi, but consistency and dedication made her the first one from the community to become a general…

Global News

Added on: 02/04/2021
Thousands of farmers camping in the national capital since November 2020 against the central government’s three farm bills have gained national and international momentum. Navya Singh, a…

Global News

Added on: 01/31/2021
1/30/21
The Delhi High Court Friday granted a last opportunity to the Centre and the Delhi government to respond to three separate pleas, including by two couples, seeking…

Global News

Added on: 01/25/2021
01/24/2021
Members of the transgender community will now be able to use public toilets exclusively made for them in New Delhi. In the annual budget for 2021-22, the…

Global News

Added on: 01/24/2021
01/21/2021
In a nation roiled with socio-political anxieties, Covid-19 amplified our sense of impending doom: a quiet cough ringing alarm bells in our heads, while the morning news…

Global News

Added on: 01/19/2021
01/18/2021
Shahamat Uddin moved to the United States recently to look for a better future after living in fear for his life as a marginalized gay man in…

Global News

Added on: 01/19/2021
01/18/2021
The Bihar Police will now recruit people from the transgender community into its ranks after the state home department notified the matter following high-level discussions. According to…

Global News

Added on: 01/10/2021
The Delhi High Court Friday granted a last opportunity to the Centre and the Delhi government to respond to three separate pleas, including by two couples, seeking…

Global News

Added on: 01/09/2021
Observing that the current rules did not permit enrollment of transgenders, National Cadet Corps (NCC) head Lt Gen Tarun Kumar Aich on Friday said NCC would need…

Global News

Added on: 01/02/2021
In some path-breaking suggestions to promote inclusion of marginalised groups in science, a new draft policy on science and technology proposes that at least 30 per cent…

Global News

Added on: 12/26/2020
If all goes right, Bihar would soon become the first state in the country to have a separate police battalion of transgenders. Till now, the state government…

Global News

Added on: 12/23/2020
Nammane, Summane, a temporary shelter and NGO for abandoned children rescued from the streets, will be inaugurated on Wednesday. It’s the first home of its kind in…

Global News

Added on: 12/15/2020
12/15/2020
India’s new workplace equality index has become a sign of how far the country is moving forward when it comes to LGBTQ+ rights. India’s groundbreaking equality index…

Global News

Added on: 11/20/2020
Two years after India‘s Supreme Court struck down a colonial-era law that had made homosexuality a criminal offense, courts are hearing petitions seeking to legalize same-sex marriage….

Global News

Added on: 11/02/2020
11/01/2020
The first edition of Trans News, an online magazine for transgender people, was launched at the Transgender Resource Centre here on Sunday. C. Shanmuga Sundaram, senior manager…

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Added on: 10/26/2020
10/25/2020
After being together for over eight years, Kavita Arora and Ankita Khanna wanted legal recognition of their “committed relationship”, just like any other couple would. But for…

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Added on: 10/25/2020
10/25/2020
With the petition in the Delhi High Court asking that the Special Marriage Act be interpreted in a gender-neutral fashion allowing for the marriage of persons regardless…

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Added on: 10/06/2020
10/05/2020
Mumbai: In a welcome move, the NCP on Monday set up its lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) cell and claimed it is the first political party…

Global News

Added on: 10/03/2020
10/02/2020
Politicians deepen existing divides when they use inflammatory language, such as hate speech, and this makes their societies more likely to experience political violence and terrorism. That’s…

Global News

Added on: 10/02/2020
09/28/2020
In 2018 the Supreme Court decriminalised consensual same-sex relations between two adults in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India. The judgement was deemed pathbreaking and celebrated…

Global News

Added on: 10/01/2020
09/30/2020
The recent comments of the Solicitor General about the unacceptability of marriage-equality in Indian culture in court proceedings challenging Hindu marriage law attracted great controversy. Unfortunately, the…

Global News

Added on: 09/23/2020
09/22/2020
Well know transgender activist Akkai Padmashali joined the Indian National Congress in Karnataka on Sunday. Akkai is the recipient of Karnataka Rajyotsava award – the second highest…

Global News

Added on: 09/21/2020
In a historic event of sorts, transgender activist Dr Akkai Padmashali joined the Karnataka unit of the Congress party on Sunday. Akkai is the first from the…

World Voices

Added on: 09/17/2020
Ari Weinstein
Alturi Contributor
I’m wondering if you can tell me a little bit about what inspired the Sahodari Foundation. Since childhood, I’ve had difficult experiences because of my transgender identity….