Transgenders
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Engineer Rashid, jailed MP, attacked by transgender inmates inside Tihar Jail: Sources
India | September 06, 2025 12:16 ISTJammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid was allegedly assaulted by transgender inmates inside Delhi’s Tihar Jail after a verbal confrontation about a week ago. Rashid, currently lodged in Jail Number 3, suffered only minor injuries from the attack.
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'My son is dead, killed by woke mind virus', says Elon Musk | What does it mean?
World | July 23, 2024 9:10 ISTMusk told Dr Jordan Peterson that he was tricked into agreeing to "gender-affirming practices" for his child Xavier, who now goes by Vivian Jenna Wilson. In recent times, Musk has grown very critical of "overly progressive" or "woke" policies and has vowed to destroy them.
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Delhi Metro makes provision of separate toilet for transgenders at stations
India | August 29, 2021 12:23 ISTCurrently, there are 347 such separate dedicated toilets (in addition to the regular toilets for other passengers) at metro stations spread across the network.
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COVID-19 crisis: Transgenders lend a helping hand to people in Mumbai
News | April 30, 2021 13:05 ISTEven 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.
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Delhi govt asks departments, MCDs to set up separate toilets for transgenders in offices
India | February 17, 2021 14:41 ISTIn the annual budget for 2021-22, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has decided to provide public toilets exclusively for the third gender in the national capital.
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Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation opens doors of opportunities for transgender community
News | January 22, 2021 11:31 ISTBhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has opened doors of new hopes and opportunities for the transgender community. They have handed over the responsibility of managing parking areas to them on January 21.
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Bangladesh opens first madrasa for transgenders
World | November 07, 2020 14:55 ISTA madrasa has been opened for transgenders in Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka, believed to be the first-of-its-kind initiative for the community in the Muslim-majority country.
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UPSC may soon open doors for transgenders as MHA sets ball rolling for recruitment in CAPF
Good News | July 03, 2020 8:41 ISTIn what is being seen as a historic move, the Union Home Ministry has set the ball rolling for recruitment of transgenders in Central Armed Police Force. Transgenders can soon aspire to lead combat troops in central paramilitary forces as the government is mulling allowing them take the annual UPSC exam for recruitment as officers in these forces deployed across the country for various internal security duties.
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Lok Sabha passes transgender persons rights bill amid din
India | December 17, 2018 16:57 ISTIn 2013, the government set up an expert committee to examine issues related to transgender persons. The committee stated that transgender persons faced issues of social stigma and discrimination.
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Transgenders on way to Sabarimala sent back by police
India | December 16, 2018 18:20 ISTThe transgenders alleged that the police harassed them and said they were not banned from darshan at the shrine, but the police said there was a need to get some legal clarity in this issue.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to hear petition challenging military transgender ban
World | November 24, 2018 14:20 ISTPetitions, asking the justices to take up the issue in three separate cases that were still in lower courts so it could be decided definitively this term, were filed by Solicitor General Noel Francisco on Friday.
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Transgenders vandalize hospital in Meerut
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Transgenders in Pakistan protest attack on member for ‘refusing sex’
World | June 13, 2016 23:53 ISTIslamabad: The transgender community in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province took to the streets on Monday to protest a murder attempt on a community member who was shot multiple times for refusing the sexual advances of
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V-Day special: 5 unusual stories which will restore your faith in love
Life | February 13, 2016 17:57 ISTNew Delhi: Enveloping the existence of humanity is the feeling of love; unrequited, selfless and passionate love. Come February and it brings along itself a mushy feeling where love literally stays in air.A celebration of
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Durga puja by Kolkata's transgender women to re-claim social space
India | October 02, 2015 10:42 ISTKolkata: Transgender women here have come together this year to organise a special Durga puja in an "attempt to re-claim social space" in the face of "ostracism".Spurred by the discriminatory gaze they are subjected to
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Watch video: Transgenders singing 'Jana Gana Mana' will give you goosebumps
India | August 13, 2015 15:01 ISTNew Delhi: Amidst the fast paced life of the metro cities, where everyone is on a quest to succeed and earn money and respect, there lives a section of the society which is always looked
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Transgenders can mention gender while filing RTI application
India | July 15, 2015 19:05 ISTNew Delhi: Transgenders can now mention themselves as "third gender" while seeking information on governance related matters through online RTI application through the website.The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has introduced a field --
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Can't frame rules for transgenders: UPSC tells Delhi High Court
India | June 17, 2015 16:32 ISTNew Delhi: UPSC on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it cannot include transgenders as a third gender for applying for civil services exam as the category was not yet clearly defined by the
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Transgenders category in UPSC exam only after SC clarifies: HC
India | June 17, 2015 13:55 ISTNew Delhi: UPSC today told the Delhi High Court that it cannot include transgenders as a third gender for applying for civil services exam as the category was not yet clearly defined by the Supreme
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#DUadmissions: Provisions for the transgenders
India | June 01, 2015 11:28 ISTNew Delhi: Till last year, Delhi University (DU) allowed the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queers (LGBTQs) to take admission only in Post Graduate Programmes. The University introduced the third Gender option in the OBC
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