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From rights to red tape: India’s transgender law amendment

“Only I knew what I felt, trapped in a body I did not recognise or feel at home in,” says Ayaan, a 24-year-old transman. In 2016, his parents took him to consult a doctor in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, who tried to counsel his family of his need for support, hormone-replacement…

Newslaundry · Apr 27

How Ayushman Bharat fails India’s transgender population

The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) was launched in 2018 to make quality healthcare accessible and affordable to everyone in India. In August 2022, the government announced that AB-PMJAY would also cover transgender individuals and offer them additional access to gender-affirming procedures such as sex reassignment surgery (SRS)…

Newslaundry · Apr 21, 2025

Dr. Prachi Rathore smashes stereotypes, becomes India’s first transgender person to pursue MS Orthopaedics

Dr. Prachi Rathore is India's first transgender doctor to secure admission at a govt college for MS in Orthopaedics. She is the fourth individual from the transgender community to make strides in the medical field. Prachi is set to start classes at Govt Medical College Nizamabad on Oct 9. She…

The Hindu · Oct 7, 2023

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Delhi Metro Rail Corporation removes misleading transgender signage for toilets

NEW DELHI: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has informed National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) that the transgender signage for toilets, which was considered not acceptable by the community, has been removed.

The Times of India · Jul 22, 2022

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