Transgender rights Bill: Minister ‘skips’ key meeting with NCTP members

‘Criminalising lived realities’: Protests across India against Transgender Persons Amendment Bill

The second round of protests on Sunday came after a group of trans persons tried to meet minister Virendra Kumar on Saturday.

Transgender rights Bill: Minister ‘skips’ key meeting with NCTP members

Union Minister skips crucial NCTP meeting amid backlash over controversial Transgender Rights Bill, raising concerns within the community.

Transgender Bill amendment takes a mainland lens, leaves out Northeast

On March 13, Parliament in New Delhi proposed amendments to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019. These changes restrict legal recognition primarily to identities like kinner, hijra, aravani, and jogta—categories reflecting the perspectives of mainland India—along with people with intersex variations, framing the bill through a mainland-centric lens.  This mainland-centric approach fails to […] The post Transgender Bill amend…

Transgender, queer groups oppose Amendment Bill, demand withdrawal

Guwahati, Mar 20 (PTI) Transgender and queer collectives, along with individuals, on Saturday opposed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, demanding its immediate withdrawal and terming it "discriminatory".Addressing a press conference here, community representatives alleged that the Bill proposes a restrictive redefinition of "transgender persons"."It collapses intersex and transgender identities into a single ca…

NGO Calls for withdrawal of Transgender (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 – The Indian Awaaz

Last Updated on March 21, 2026 11:09 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ AMN / NEW DELHI Over a 100+ members of the All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) and National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR) – pan India platforms associated with the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) have issued an Open Appeal to all the Parliamentarians (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha), expressing grave concerns over the Transgender Persons (Protection of Ri…