Currently, there are 347 such separate dedicated toilets (in addition to the regular toilets for other passengers) at metro stations spread across the network.
Two transgenders- Parvathi Parasuram Jogi and Salma Umarkhan Sakarkar- were the unexpected entrants as MPCC Secretaries in the list.
The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) officially renamed one of its stations as "Pride Station" dedicated to the transgender community, a first for Metro services in northern India. According to the NMRC, which operates the Metro between the twin cities of Noida and Greater Noida in western UP, it is a first-of-its-kind initiative introduced by a Metro network in northern India.
The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) officially renamed one of its stations as "Pride Station" dedicated to the transgender community, a first for Metro services in northern India. According to the NMRC, which operates the Metro between the twin cities of Noida and Greater Noida in western UP, it is a first-of-its-kind initiative introduced by a Metro network in northern India.
PIL in the Delhi High Court on Monday sought direction to authorities to construct separate washrooms for the third gender.
Jiji is understood to have been deeply upset after Ananyah Kumari Alex took her life.
A three-month-old baby girl was allegedly kidnapped and thrown into a creek by two persons, one of them a transgender, after the child’s parents refused to give in to their demand for some cash, coconut and a saree in Cuffe Parade area of south Mumbai, police said on Friday.
A US expert on transgender rights and politics says the participation of weightlifter Laurel Hubbard at the Olympics might become a focus for conservative activists who oppose greater LGBTQ rights and freedoms.
Japanese football player Kumi Yokoyama said they are transgender -- an identity not legally recognised in Japan.
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics.
A COVID-19 vaccination drive was organised for the transgender community by Thane Municipal Corporation on June 19. A total of 2,71,49,623 vaccine doses have been administered across Maharashtra.
A group of the transgender community was vaccinated on Monday after a special vaccination drive was launched for the community by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).
A 24-year-old transgender was arrested for hurting religious sentiments after he allegedly danced in a mosque's campus.
Odisha government has allowed the transgender community to apply for the posts of constables and sub-inspectors in the state police department.
The Covid pandemic devastated lives and businesses across the country, and one of the worst affected was the transgender community. Covid-induced lockdown dried up of their means of livelihood. Amid the unprecedented challenging times, India TV alongwith an NGO came forward to help the transgender community in Delhi and Noida.
Even as the daily number of fresh cases seem to indicate that Mumbai may have passed its second Covid-19 peak, there has been a grim rise in its death rate in the last few weeks. During this time the transgenders have lend a helping hand to people to lessen their suffering.
Anannyah Kumari Alex, the first transgender candidate to fight the Kerala Assembly polls, backed out of the contest as the Democratic Social Justice Party (DSJP) nominee on April 03 alleging that she is facing stigma, gender discrimination and sexual harassment from her own party.
Indian American model, TV host, author and activist Padma Lakshmi took to her Twitter account to deliver a lecture to parents of transgender children, in a series of tweets.
Bharathi Kannama, a Transgender woman, who is contesting in the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections from Madurai South constituency has promised to make Madurai a model city.
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