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.

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https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/madras-hc-directs-tn-government-to-implement-horizontal-reservation-for-trans-persons

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.

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https://www.thenewsminute.com/long-form/a-700-yr-old-dargah-and-a-tradition-of-gender-diverse-inclusivity-that-lives-on-to-this-day

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.

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https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/transgender-persons-ban-begging-is-cruel-and-illegal-9276074/

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.

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https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/new-criminal-law-bill-omits-section-377-how-this-impacts-men-and-trans-persons

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.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/nhrc-advisory-for-transpersons-pushes-for-separate-toilets-pension-rights-free-sex-reassignment-surgery/article67349098.ece

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