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Trans community mounts challenge to amended law

Activists and trans people protest against the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.

Updated 75 days ago

Delhi HC seeks Centre reply on pleas against transgender law amendments

A bench of chief justice D K Upadhyaya and justice Tejas Karia sought the Centre’s response in two petitions and fixed July 22 as the next date of hearing.

Published 96 days ago

HistoriCity | Transgender identities always a part of India’s cultural discourse

A supporter of the LGBTQIA+ community during a protest against passage of Transgender Persons Bill. (PTI photo)

Updated 104 days ago

A flawed and regressive bill

If there is anything to learn from our own ground reality, it is that plurality and not binariness lies at the heart of gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Published 110 days ago

Exclusive | NCP-SP leader slams Trans Amendment Bill, cites lack of consultation

NCP-SP leader Anish Gawande said the bill removes the principle of self-identification, which could deny recognition to many people within the community.

Published 110 days ago

New bill marks a regressive turn in transgender rights

Gender is the way of being, and it determines how one feels, dresses, socialises, or behaves. Gender identity emerges at the interplay of one’s understanding of self and societal recognition. (AP)

Published 118 days ago

Not consulted, excluded by new bill: Transgender activists

The bill states that the details of a person’s surgery should be provided by the hospital to the government. (File photo)

Published 118 days ago

DM's certificate enough for transgender's identity for passport: Allahabad HC

The court ruled that once such a certificate was granted, passport authorities cannot insist on a fresh medical examination or impose any additional requirements to verify an applicant’s gender.

Published 145 days ago

Robert Dorgan: Shooter's father-in-law threatened to ‘have him murdered'

Robert Dorgan family disputes: Pawtucket shooter's dad-in-law threatened to ‘have him murdered’; mom accused of assault

Published 146 days ago

UP wedding shocker: Groom turns out to be transgender just before ‘bidai’

The groom's family later urged the bride's family to maintain their dignity and stay silent, and offered them <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>23,000.

Published 146 days ago

Trump administration to block foreign aid from those promoting abortion, DEI and gender identity

Trump administration to block foreign aid from those promoting abortion, DEI and gender identity

Published 172 days ago

Has Elon Musk filed for one-year-old son's full custody from Ashley St. Clair?

Elon Musk has announced plans to pursue full custody of his son with Ashley St. Clair, citing worries about her remarks on gender identity

Updated 182 days ago

Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified

Texas A&M committee rules professor's firing over gender identity lesson was unjustified

Published 233 days ago

Trans Americans lose passport freedom as the US Supreme Court backs Trump policy

The Supreme Court in May allowed the administration to implement Trump's ban on transgender people in the military.

Updated 249 days ago

Trump admin to cut funding for overseas gender identity, diversity programmes

US President Donald Trump in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Updated 285 days ago

Elon Musk's daughter Vivian Wilson reveals financial woes, makes comment on dad

In 2022, Vivian Wilson broke ties with her father Elon Musk after changing her gender identity.

Published 313 days ago

Trans-rights and the need for a nurturing ecosystem

It was only when Dr. Jency became an assistant professor that she got recognition for her hard work. “I am a professor first and a transgender after,” she says. (ANI)

Published 345 days ago

Courts and the making of transgender rights

NALSA’s true breakthrough lay as much in recognizing a third gender as in affirming the right to self-identify — a radical move even by international standards. (HT Photo)

Updated 348 days ago

Transgender rights & transforming society

So little is known about gender identity, and so much is feared through tropes. (Hindustan Times)

Updated 380 days ago

US judge blocks Trump's refusal to issue passports to transgender citizens

The order also directed the State Department to change its policies to only issue passports that "accurately reflect the holder's sex."

Published 391 days ago

Conjoined twin kept gender identity secret from sister for decades: ‘I should…’

Lori and George Schappell were conjoined twins born in 1961,

Published 489 days ago

Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state's civil rights code

Iowa Republicans back a bill that would strip gender identity from the state's civil rights code

Published 504 days ago

Finalists announced for Lukas book prizes, which champion 'serious research and social concern.'

Finalists announced for Lukas book prizes, which champion 'serious research and social concern.'

Published 509 days ago

EEOC seeks to drop a gender discrimination case, signaling a big shift in civil rights enforcement

EEOC seeks to drop a gender discrimination case, signaling a big shift in civil rights enforcement

Updated 513 days ago

Minnesota prep sports body says it will follow state law on transgender athletes, not Trump's order

Minnesota prep sports body says it will follow state law on transgender athletes, not Trump's order

Updated 521 days ago

US CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers, source says

US CDC orders pullback of new scientific papers involving its researchers, source says

Updated 526 days ago

Factory worker with dual reproductive systems is both 'mother' and ‘father’

As a child, she displayed behaviours and preferences different from other girls.

Published 555 days ago

Project Darling: Celebrating racy disempowered women of theatre

Project Darling: Celebrating racy disempowered women of theatre

Updated 590 days ago

Imane Khelif gender row: What's 5-Alpha reductase deficiency?

Imane Khelif has filed a legal complaint against online harassment after the gender outcry. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)

Updated 615 days ago

Fresh Olympics gender row: BBC host uses wrong pronouns for ‘non-binary' athlete

Raven Saunders, of the United States, competes during the women's shot put qualification at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Saint-Denis, France. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Updated 703 days ago

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