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COVID-19: Madras HC orders Tamil Nadu govt to vaccinate all transgenders w
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 2 (ANI): The Madras High Court has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to make sure that all transgender persons in the state are inoculated with both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine within the next three months.
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NCTP representatives meet Odisha Governor, demand April 15 be celebrated a
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 19 (ANI): Representatives of the National Council for Transgender Persons (NCTP) on Thursday submitted a memorandum to Governor Ganeshi Lal, demanding that April 15 be celebrated as 'National Transgender Day'.
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SC issues notice to Centre over guidelines banning transgenders from donat
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Central government and other parties after hearing a Public Intrest Litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of Section 12 and 51 of Blood Donor guidelines, 2017, which has imposed a blanket b
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Plea filed in SC to establish Transgender Welfare Board to address social
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): A petition was filed on Monday in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and state governments to establish a Transgender Welfare Board to address the social welfare issues of transgender persons.
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Biden signs order to reverse Trump's transgender military ban
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [US] January 26 (ANI/Sputnik): President Joe Biden signed an executive order that brought in a policy of including all qualified Americans to serve in the US military, effectively overturning a ban on transgender persons that was introduced by the former Trump administration, t
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MHA asks States, UTs to protect, rehabilitate transgenders
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has written a letter to all chief secretaries of Union Territories and states on protection of rights of transgender persons and also directed them to sensitise police and prison officials in this regard.
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Kerala HC adjourns plea against exclusion of trans people from NCC enrollm
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 8 (ANI): The Kerala High Court on Friday adjourned the matter of a transwoman's plea against the exclusion of transgender persons from National Cadet Corps (NCC) enrollment.
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No provision to allow transgender persons into NCC, Kerala HC told
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], December 16 (ANI): The National Cadet Corps informed the Kerala High Court that that transgender person cannot be allowed into the NCC as there is no provision for the same.
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Odisha to appoint complaint officers to look into grievances of transgende
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 25 (ANI): The Odisha Government has decided to designate special officers to deal with the complaints of the transgender community in a bid to end harassment and hassle-free service in government offices.
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Odisha's Meera Parida thanks Centre for selection as member of National Co
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Meera Parida, one of 5 members of the National Council for Transgender Persons, constituted by the Centre on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Department of Social Justice on Saturday, for the initiative.
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POSH lawyer Shivangi Prasad on the need for change post passing of new tra
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 was passed by Lok Sabha on 5 August 2019 and Rajya Sabha on 26 November 2019.
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Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill which seeks to provide a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders.
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