Rights Of Transgender Persons Bill

Delhi govt notifies new rules to protect rights of transgender persons

The Delhi government has notified rules for the protection of transgenders' rights, paving the way for the issuance of identity cards to them and forming a welfare board to ensure their well-being, officials said on Wednesday. A recent notification issued by the Social Welfare Department of the government said that in exercise of powers conferred on him, Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena has made the Delhi Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2025. The district magistrates (DMs) concerned will issue a certificate of identity for a transgender person within 30 days of receipt of a duly filled-in application, said the notification. A Transgender Welfare Empowerment Board is to be constituted by the Delhi government. It will consist of the social welfare minister as its ex officio chairman, it said. The Board will also have as its members a representative each from the home, finance, planning, law, labour, health, higher education, education and revenue departments, among othe

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Election manifestos of Congress and CPM promise stronger legal protections for the community

More people coming forward to undergo gender affirmation surgeries: Experts

How does it feel to know that your body does not belong to you? Trapped, suffocating, frustrating! This is how 25-year-old Nnyra, a trans woman, felt for almost 24 years till she underwent a gender affirmation surgery that helped her get a body she could identify with. Born as a male, Nnyra was identified with gender incongruence, in which a person is in constant conflict with the sex he or she is born in. In gender incongruence, one fails to identify with the gender assigned to them during birth. These individuals are at conflict with their parents, siblings, peers and the society at large, resulting in minority stress and discrimination, which lead to severe distress. "The condition has a definite neurologic, genetic and hormonal basis," Dr Richie Gupta, director and HoD, Plastic, Aesthetic, Reconstructive Surgery and Gender Affirmation Clinic at the Fortis Hospital in Shalimar Bagh here, told PTI. Despite not getting support from the family members and facing societal stigma, N

Rajya Sabha passes Bill on protection of rights of transgenders

The Lok Sabha had passed the Bill on August 5 this year

Govt moots Bill for protection of third gender's rights

Circulates draft law which is based on DMK MP Tiruchi Siva's private member's Bill passed by RS