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Azeefa Fathima

‘This Bill is nothing but erasure’: How India’s new trans amendment could undo decades of rights

When the Supreme Court recognised the right to self-identify one's gender in the 2014 National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) v Union of India judgement, it was celebrated as a watershed moment for transgender rights in India. But activists say a new amendment to the transgender persons law could reverse that progress — replacing self-identification with medical scrutiny and narrowing who the law recognises as transgender.

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