transgender community
The term TERF was coined by Viv Smythe in 2008. It is used to define the people who refuse to consider trans-women as a part of their feminist narrative.
21-year-old Meera Singhania Rehani, pursuing B.A. (Hons) Sociology, shares with SheThePeople.TV her journey of becoming a Binary Trans woman from Saatvik.
“Other players should also come out so that we can compete, improvise ourselves and create a strong Transgender Team in India,”
The Human Rights Campaign tweeted: “Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary people are non-binary. CC: JK Rowling.”
The Trans Bill was moved for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on November 20. November 20 is also ironically celebrated as the Transgender Day of Remembrance when the allies of the community mourn the deaths of transpersons who have lost their lives to transphobia.
“I need to see a child as a child. The assigned sex might be a boy or a male but let me not decide it for my child. I want him to grow as a child who can decide for himself what gender he wants to give himself,” says Padmashali.
For years, transgender people and eunuchs were the most discriminated against. This was due to Section 377 of the Indian…
Assam recently appointed its first ever transgender judge to the national Lok Adalat. Swati Bidhan Baruah has been appointed among…
Recently, 19-year-old Anukreethy Vas from Tamil Nadu was crowned Femina Miss India 2018. She is a student of Chennai’s Loyola College, pursuing BA in French…
Winds of change are blowing all over, with transgender people gradually getting the acknowledgement after decades of societal stigma. Surya…
People from the transgender community are steadily making inroads into all walks of life. On Nov 21, Kajal, a 27-year-old, will…
Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU) bachelor’s preparatory programme (BPP) has enrolled the first person of the transgender community at…
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