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TopicTransgender community

Topic: transgender community

As ex-cricketer Sanjay Bangar’s daughter reignites debate on trans people in sport, here’s what rules say

‘System is forcing me into an impossible situation. Setting standards I couldn’t have met even if I’d wanted to,’ wrote Anaya Bangar who lives in Manchester and transitioned recently.

Delhi’s 1st transgender LS candidate on mission that goes beyond gender-neutral toilets. ‘This is kranti’

Earlier this month, Rajan Singh marched from Sangam Vihar to DM’s office in South Delhi to highlight the struggles faced by the trans community while trying to access public toilets.

How do sex hormones affect immunity of men & women? Study by UK, Sweden researchers has answers

Testosterone reduces production of virus-fighting protein while increasing capacity to fight bacterial infections, researchers from UK & Sweden find in study published in Nature.

Yogi MoS Sonam Chishti resigns over BJP’s UP poll losses. ‘Govt officials don’t listen to party workers’

In letter to governor, Chishti, who is also vice-president of UP transgender welfare board, said she was resigning as her 'conscience had been hurt', and alleged corruption in her dept.

Deepa Mehta is back with a film on transwoman Sirat Taneja. ‘All good art is political’

Deepa Mehta and Sirat Taneja’s ‘I Am Sirat’ premiered at Delhi’s IIC. It had the audience laughing and humming with the protagonist.

How Julia Roberts and Pretty Woman inspired Manipuri trans activist to be herself

Santa Khurai was seventeen when she decided to start dressing like a woman. She had always believed herself to be female, and she claimed her feminine identity fiercely and openly.

Allahabad HC suggestion to include transgenders in OBC list will be a disaster

A better way to take care of transgender rights will be to give them horizontal reservation within their respective caste categories.

How Indian schools are failing trans & non-binary teachers — ‘accepted only on the surface’

Earlier this month, trans teacher Jane Kaushik said that a UP school fired her because of her gender identity. Her struggles echo those of other non-gender-conforming educators.

Chennai transgender groups are living their Bharatnatyam dream—for respect, dignity, livelihood

Students of Sathya Sai Dance Academy are Tamil Nadu’s first transgender auto driver, talk show host, physiotherapist and many others.

Reshaping lives and empowering the Transgender community

Literacy India was established in 1996 as a non-profit organization with the primary objective of providing education, employ-enablement and empowerment to vulnerable communities.

On Camera

Indian judiciary must stop panicking over AI

To assume courts weigh every word committed to paper is to ignore reality. The Indian judiciary has long had a "Control+C" problem.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

India eyes 6th generation FCAS, looks at tying up with France for possible collaboration

Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.