Trans activist Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli speaks to GAY TIMES about her historic victory at the Telangana High Court in India. WORDS BY CONOR CLARK EDITED BY LUKE SMITH FROM GIVEOUT This summer, a five-year legal battle came to an end […]
New Delhi, India’s first dedicated outpatient department (OPD) for trans people at the central government’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in the capital has got off to a good start with visitors beginning to seek health services as an equal right. […]
In Karnataka’s Mandya district, the transgender community has joined forces in support of the ‘Kannada Okkoota’s’ call for a statewide protest against the ongoing Cauvery water dispute. The ‘Kannada Okkoota,’ representing a coalition of Kannada and farmers’ organizations, declared a […]
The members of the transgender community were speaking at a programme organised by the Centre for Health and Social Justice, which works to promote meaningful change in the lives of the marginalised communities, and Kolkata Rista, a transgender collective. DEBRAJ […]
The regional offices of the social justice and special assistance department will be directed start a helpline service to address issues faced by transgenders. Written by Ravina Warkad In line with the implementation of Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act […]
New Delhi, (PTI) The NHRC has in an advisory to the Centre and state authorities given a slew of recommendations for the welfare of transgender people including a provision for multi-purpose identity cards to easily access government schemes and setting […]
NEW DELHI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued an advisory calling for measures from the government to treat a single transgender child of a deceased government employee or pensioner as an unmarried daughter for the purpose of ‘family pension’ […]
An excerpt from ‘Over the Rainbow: India’s Queer Heroes’, by Aditya Tiwari. Aditya Tiwari “It was in the eighth standard that I began to feel something about me was different. I wasn’t like the other boys in my class,” says […]
It took 3 months for the team led by queer artist Nandini Moitra ambassador of the Fearless Collective to find a spot for their artwork as many denied them space after hearing the theme. Written by Somanjali Das Art has […]
The newly inaugurated OPD will offer sex-change surgery facility to the transgender community apart from other healthcare facilities. Written By Abhishek Tiwari India’s first dedicated OPD for transgenders was on Sunday inaugurated at Delhi’s Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. The […]
