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‘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…

Newslaundry · Mar 16

Power, identity, resistance, and the Supreme Court: The story of Koovagam

“For us Kinnars, marriage is not made in heaven. We get married on a battlefield.”

Newslaundry · Jul 1, 2023