SC forms panel; issues guidelines to protect transgender rights

The Supreme Court on Friday constituted a committee and issued certain guidelines to ensure the protection of the...

Madhya Pradesh: 24 transgenders attempt suicide in Indore

"We received information about a situation of ruckus at a house in Nandlalpura where transgender persons reside....

Welfare measures under TP Act still not implemen

A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela made the observation while...

Pakistan’s failure to protect transgender citizens sparks outrage

The transgender community, supported by civil society activists, staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club to...

Pakistan: Three transgender persons found shot dead in Karachi’s

Three transgender individuals were fatally shot to death near the Memon Goth police station in Pakistan's Karachi,...

Pak: HRCP calls for protection of transgenders in Swabi

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned a decision by community elders in Swabi,...

Pak: HRCP slams Swabi elders’ bid to expel transgender persons

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan condemned a committee in Swabi for planning to expel transgender persons,...

Four illegal Bangladeshi immigrants held in Delhi

The arrested individuals, who had disguised themselves as transgender persons, were found to be engaging in begging...

SC notice to Centre on plea to allow blood donation by gay men

A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sought a response from...

Telangana launches free bus travel for women, transgender people

The government of Telangana launched the 'Maha Lakshmi scheme' on Thursday which provides free travel for women,...

"Only 1 case registered under Transgender Persons Act

The latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) annual report says that only one case has been registered under...

Pak: Local clerics ban transgender persons' music, dance at Nikah

The decision was made by a group of 26 clerics on Friday, who also ruled that clergy would not perform the nikah...