June was Pride Month and it was also the month of Father’s Day. It also marks another month in which the freedom of trans people to live their authentic lives has come under attack by powers who describe themselves as […]
Now, the transgender community is going to a new height. Zoya Khan from the Vadodara district of Gujarat , the transgender community is going to a new height. Zoya Khan from the Vadodara district of Gujarat has become the first […]
The Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR) and its partner organisation working for the rights of transgender have welcomed the move by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) seeking to recruit transgender people in the paramilitary forces in the position […]
Vadodara: Zoya Khan, India’s first transgender operator of Common Service Centre (CSC) has expressed her desire to learn about the government schemes in order to support poor and the people of her community. Zoya, resident of Vadodara told ANI, “My […]
The nationwide lockdown has caused a drastic change in our day-to-day routines. Similarly, the transgender community who were solely dependent on the alms they made in the ladies’ compartments of Mumbai locals, at the signals or through sex working are […]
The Odisha government on Friday decided to include transgender community under the ambit of its social welfare scheme — Madhu Babu Pension Yojana (MBPY) — and give them a monthly subsistence. The scheme aims at providing financial assistance to the […]
Two days after the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asked the paramilitary forces for their views on recruitment of transgender people as officers in their ranks, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has said it is ready make its […]
In what is being seen as a historic move, the Union Home Ministry has set the ball rolling for recruitment of transgenders in Central Armed Police Force. Transgenders can soon aspire to lead combat troops in central paramilitary forces as […]
In a communication sent to the paramilitary forces, the MHA has asked for their views on recruitment of transgenders to their ranks and sought details of necessary amendments that would have to be made in the recruitment rules of the […]
NEW DELHI: In a major gender reform, the home ministry is set to allow induction of transgenders as ‘third gender’ into the central armed police forces. The ministry is at the concluding stage of consultations with central paramilitary forces — […]
