Transgender
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'I' director Shankar's security beefed up following transgender community's protest
Bollywood | Jan 19, 2015, 11:53 AM ISTChennai: Filmmaker Shankar has sought police protection following protest by a group of transgenders outside his residence here after they found objectionable scenes about their community in his latest Tamil magnum opus "I".The transgender community
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Russia lists transgender people among those unfit to drive
World | Jan 14, 2015, 09:12 AM ISTMoscow: Russians expressed their confusion on Tuesday about new road safety regulations barring transsexuals, transvestites and others with sexual “disorders” from driving, ostensibly for medical reasons.The new regulations have been criticised by rights activists, who
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Know Padmini Prakash, India's first transgender TV anchor
India | Jan 05, 2015, 01:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court of India gave its landmark judgment of declaring transgenders as a legal third gender enabling them to get equal treatment in the society. And now we have got India's first
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Shabnam Mausi-India's first eunuch to become an MLA
National | Oct 21, 2014, 11:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: Born as a transgender, Shabnam Mausi like most eunuchs (hijras) was discarded by her family. She, like many others of her ilk, was not given an identity. She was just a human, born
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Transgender challenges Modi, Kejriwal in Varanasi
National | Apr 01, 2014, 01:14 PM ISTVaranasi: BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has a new rival in the temple town—a transgender.Kamla, who is in her sixties, today announced her decision to fight from the prime constituency as an Independent candidate.“Arvind
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Obsessed with Britney Spears, boy changes sex to look like her
World | Mar 14, 2014, 06:35 AM ISTNew Delh: A male pop fan who idolised Britney Spears has undergone a sex change operation to make himself look more like the star.He was born a man and used to be known as Kody
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Britain's university to build three types of toilet for men, women and transgender
World | Oct 19, 2013, 02:59 PM ISTLondon: University of Sussex in Brighton, Britain could become the first to install three types of toilet for men, women and transgenders.The students union had requested for the "gender neutral" toilets, the Daily Mail reported
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3.4 pc of US adults are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
World | Oct 19, 2012, 05:50 PM ISTNew York, Oct 19 : A new survey estimates that 3.4 percent of U.S. adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, in what may be the largest study ever aimed at calculating the nation's
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Transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant loses
World | May 20, 2012, 01:54 PM ISTToronto, May 20: The first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant strutted the runway Saturday night, making it to the penultimate round before losing her bid to win the title.Jenna Talackova,
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UN Backs Gay Rights For First Time Ever
World | Jun 18, 2011, 11:01 AM ISTGeneva, Jun 18 : The United Nations endorsed the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people for the first time ever Friday, passing a resolution hailed as historic by the U.S. and other backers and