Government of Karnataka has framed a policy for transgenders covering the areas of health, education, employment, housing, protection from harassment ...
Quality Education For Transgender Children: GOI
The information was published by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, to take steps to ensure quality education for children of weaker ...
Tamil Nadu Government Orders Ban On Sex Reassignment Surgeries
Madras High Court in Arunkumar's Case gave orders to ban sex reassignment surgeries on intersex infants and children. The Health and Family Welfare D ...
Tripura Transgender Welfare Board
The Government of Tripura, Directorate of Social Welfare & Social Education released a notification to constitute the Transgender Welfare Board f ...
Tamil Nadu Government Issues Notification Under Rte Act To Include Transgender Child
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (Central Act 35 of 2009) was enacted by the Parliament in 2009 to provide for free a ...
Inclusion Of Third Gender In Ugc Scholorships And Schemes
The University Grants Commission (UGC) released a notification stating the inclusion of transgender in the various scholarships and schemes by the UG ...
Kerala High Court reunites Lesbian Couple forcibly separated by their parents
A writ petition was filed by the petitioner, who was a lesbian, alleging illegal detention of her partner by her parents (Respondent 4 and Respondent ...
Transgender daughters entitled to pension of deceased father: Orissa High Court
A Writ Petition under Article 226 and Article 227 of Constitution of India was filed praying for the direction to opposite parties to sanction family ...
Marriage Solemnized Between A Male And Transwoman, Professing Hindu Religion, Is A Valid Marriage: Madras HC
A writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuing a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertainin ...
Admit Transpersons Into NCC: Kerala HC
The petitioner in this case was a transwoman. She underwent a Gender Reassignment Surgery and was given a transgender identity card mentioning her ge ...
Tamil Nadu Police Conduct Rules Amended To Safeguard LGBTQIA+ From Harassment
An initiative taken the state of Tamil Nadu is an appreciative and first step in controlling the harassment against LGBTQIA+ community. These new Rul ...
Special Reservation To Transperson, Cannot Be Clubbed With Women Reservation: Madras High Court
S, a transgender, and seven other individuals contesting the recruitment procedure for police constable positions conducted by the Tamil Nadu Uniform ...
Telangana HC: Consider transpersons for allotment of 2bhk houses
A Public Interest Litigation was brought forward by C.M, a social worker, who challenged Government order No. 10, dated 15.10.2015, which provided fo ...
Allahabad High Court rules in favour of transwoman wanting to adopt a child
R was female assigned at birth when she was born but later, it was realized that she was a transperson, after which she solemnized her marriage with ...
Same Punishment For Different Offences: Petition Challenged Section 18 Of Transgender Persons Act
A trans activist, KM filed a petition before the Apex Court challenging the validity of Section 18 of the Transgender Persons (Protection ...
Reservation Policy for Transgenders is necessary for their upliftment: Andhra Pradesh HC
The Andhra Pradesh High Court gave a milestone judgment concerning the reservation policy for people belonging to the transgender community and dismi ...
Establish Transgender Persons Welfare Board: Gauhati High Court
All Assam Transgender Association, a registered group of Assamese transgender, filed a PIL in the Gauhati High Court stating that the Gauhati Governm ...
Manipur HC directs State Government to widely publicise applicability of COVID relief scheme to Transgender Persons
The Manipur High Court has directed the State Government to ensure that it is made known to the general public that the Chief Minister ...
Uttarakhand HC: Major Persons have a Fundamental Right to choose Life-Partners
The Uttarakhand High Court granted protection to a Gay couple in a live-in relationship by directing the Police to provide them immediate protection. ...
Kerala HC directs State to frame guidelines against forced conversion therapy among LGBTQ+ community
A Writ Petition was filed by Queerala, a registered association of people belonging to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Intersex Life ...
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and POSH Act: A comparison
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in its 2014 judgement of NALSA v. Union of India expounded the reading of Article 21 of the Constitution of India ...