MHA asks States, UTs to protect, rehabilitate transgenders
India | Jan 23, 2021, 11:12 AM ISTThe Ministry has also said that all states are required to protect and rehabilitate transgenders.
The Ministry has also said that all states are required to protect and rehabilitate transgenders.
Fashion designer Swapnil Shinde is one of the most popular designers in the Bollywood industry and is known for styling various artists. Recently, Swapnil announced to the world about the decision to turn into a transwoman on social media where she wrote about her new identity as Saisha Shinde. Not only this, but she even shared few pictures of her new appearance alongside the meaning of her new name.
Calling it a progressive move, actor Akshay Kumar hopes that other professions too open the doors to the transgender community without discrimination. The Ministry of Home Affairs is working on the proposal to commission the 'third gender' as officers in the paramilitary forces.
The Sector 50 station of the Noida-Greater Noida Metro which will be dedicated to the transgender community will now be called the “Rainbow Station”, officials said on Wednesday.
Transgenders in J&K will get pension under the integrated social security scheme.
Mara Gómez is poised to become the first transgender woman to play professional soccer in Argentina.
A 26-year-old man who underwent a sex change to turn into a woman ended life in depression here, police said.
Avengers: Endgame had featured the MCU's first gay character, a cameo by director Joe Russo.
The survey for the project will commence on August 29 which is also the National Sports Day. The Varanasi Sports Federation will take active interest in the project and extend possible cooperation.
CA announced that it has developed an Elite Cricket Policy and Guidelines for Community Cricket to support players electing to participate in cricket in line with their gender identity.
Researchers have reported two cases in which young transgender women attempted to recover their fertility after stopping gender-affirming medications.
The Delhi Commission For Women on Friday wrote a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment alleging that the Transgender Bill encourages sexual assault of transgenders.
A bill which provides a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders by defining their identity and rights to prohibit discrimination against them was introduced in Lok Sabha on Friday.
Passage of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, which aims at empowering the community by defining and protecting their rights, is one of the priorities of the Social Justice and Empowerment ministry in the first 100 days agenda of the second term of the Narendra Modi government, an official source said.
As per the complaint filed by one of the victims, two sari-clad transgenders came to her house in Vasai area on June 16 and claimed her family had a "curse", and that they would help her get rid of it, police spokesman Hemant Katkar said.
This is the first time that transgenders voted under the category since the Supreme Court had declared them as "third gender" in 2014.
The 27-year-old model Angela Ponce makes history as first transgender woman to compete in Miss Universe pageant this year.
Police have registered a case of obscenity in public against the four persons.
As on July 31, the number of total voters registered in MP stood at 4.94 crore. Of these, 1,286 are transgenders.
CBDT, which frames policy for the department, issued a notification on Monday that provides a new tick box for the transgenders to apply for the PAN.
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