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Transgender people perform Kolattam dance to raise COVID awareness
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 24 (ANI): Members of the transgender community in Tamil Nadu's Chennai performed Kolattam folk dance on Thursday to raise awareness about COVID-19.
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Transgenders in Odisha to get benefit under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 18 (ANI): The Odisha Government has included transgender community under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana, which aims at providing financial assistance to destitute elderly, differently-abled persons and widows in the state.
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Transgenders should get employment opportunities to live respectful life:
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Transgenders should be given a chance to join security forces, said S S Deswal, Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday.
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Transgender community members hold COVID-19 awareness rally in Chennai
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 11 (ANI): Amid the rising COVID-19 cases in the country, the members of the transgender community in Tamil Nadu took to the streets of Chennai on Saturday to organise a "Avoid Fear: Corona Awareness" rally.
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Tamil Nadu: Transgender Community NGO conducts awareness campaign against
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 8 (ANI): The transgender members of a Chennai-based non-government organisation (NGO) have joined hands with Chennai corporation to conduct coronavirus awareness campaign in slum areas of Teynampet, Chennai.
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Halle Berry pulls out of running to play transgender character after criti
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 7 (ANI): American actor Halle Berry has pulled out of the running to play a transgender character in an upcoming untitled film following a social media backlash.
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'Progressive move': Akshay Kumar lauds Centre's decision to recruit transg
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Actor Akshay Kumar on Monday lauded the decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs to recruit transgender officers in the assistant commandant ranks in the Indian Paramilitary force.
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Zoya Khan intends to support poor, transgender community
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], July 5 (ANI): Zoya Khan, India's first transgender operator of Common Service Centre (CSC) has expressed her desire to learn about the government schemes in order to support poor and the people of her community.
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Zoya Khan becomes India's first transgender operator of Common Service Cen
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Union Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday announced that Zoya Khan is India's first transgender operator of a Common Service Centre (CSC) in Gujarat.
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Comments sought from CRPF, ITBP, SSB, CISF on incorporating transgender as
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The Home Ministry has asked CRPF, ITBP, SSB and CISF to examine the issue of incorporating transgender as "third" gender along with male and female in the rules of CAPF(AC) Examination 2020.
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Transwoman who lost livelihood during lockdown recounts struggle to gain e
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], June 28 (ANI): A transwoman, who used to work with a cab company in Panchkula as a customer care representative, says she has been unsuccessful in her attempts to land a job post the lockdown as she has been rejected by at least 20 places.
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Taylor Swift denounces 2020 census for excluding transgender, non-binary p
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 28 (ANI): American singer Taylor Swift is calling for more inclusion in the country for transgender and non-binary people.
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