Transgender Persons Protection Of Rights Bill

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Lok Sabha passes Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) bill; proposed law provides for national authority to safeguard community's rights

Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019 was passed by a voice vote amid noisy protests by some opposition parties.

Despite not participating in Lok Sabha polls, Chhattisgarh's transgender community is slowly changing electoral landscape

At least in Chhattisgarh, transgenders are increasingly becoming a part of the political field

Lok Sabha passes transgender bill; proposed legislation seeks to end discrimination against community

Amid noisy protests over the Rafale deal and the Cauvery issue, the Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill seeking to empower the transgender community by providing them a separate identity.

Transgender rights Bill sent to Cabinet after social justice ministry incorporates Parliamentary panel recommendations

The Social Justice ministry has sent a Bill on transgender rights to the Cabinet after finalising nine amendments, including those in the definition of the term 'transgender', keeping with the recommendations of a Parliamentary panel

Transgender persons need to be recognised as human beings; not deified or demonised

On the one hand, our culture deifies transgender people — on the other, it demonises them for who they are. What if we just learned to look at them as 'people' instead?

Transgenders should have option to choose gender, says parliamentary panel

The Parliamentary Standing Committee felt that the proposed definition of transgender in the bill is in stark contrast to global developments, where transgenders have been granted the right to self-determine and to seek benefits according to such identity

Bill seeking to provide separate identity to transgenders introduced in Lok Sabha

A bill seeking to empower the transgenders by providing them a separate identity and putting in place a mechanism to punish those who exploit them was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.