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SC issues notice to Centre on plea claiming 2,000 transgenders excluded fr
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Central government on a petition claiming that around 2,000 transgenders were excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) list in Assam.
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Over 50 complaints registered during Kerala's first transgender 'Adalat'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 15 (ANI): In a society where genders are identified based on their attire, transgenders participate in the first state-level transgender Adalat organised by the Kerala State Youth Commission here on Tuesday and air their grievances.
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Kerala Youth Commission to host 'Adalat' for transgenders
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Jan 8 (ANI): To encourage the transgender community to open up about various issues faced by them and for speedy grievance redressal, the Kerala State Youth Commission is coming up with a state-level "Adalat" which will be held here on Friday.
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Marvel to introduce its first transgender superhero
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 3 (ANI): Marvel Cinematic Universe is all set to introduce its first transgender superhero according to a news report.
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Braving societal odds, transgender Yazhini Moorthy wins beauty pageant
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India] Dec 18 (ANI): The transgender community is raising their voice to live in a society where their choice is not questioned. Some improvement is there, but the hardship still continues.
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POSH lawyer Shivangi Prasad on the need for change post passing of new tra
Updated : 6 years, 3 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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Tamil Nadu: Transgender woman gets appointed as nurse
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): For the first time ever, a transgender woman was on Monday appointed as a nurse by Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Department.
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Transgender students face more mental health issues than peers: Study
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Dec 01 (ANI): Transgenders, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, and nonbinary students feel that they face more mental health disparities or problems as compared to their peers, reveals a recent study.
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Study says sexual orientation linked to eating disorders
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Dec 01 (ANI): A recent study suggests that children with an eating disorder might be facing the issue of being categorised in the transgender, non-transgender, lesbian, gay and bisexual categories.
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Scarlett Johansson admits she 'mishandled' transgender casting controversy
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 27 (ANI): Actor Scarlett Johansson walked down the memory lane and reflected the hard time she experienced when she was widely criticized for defending her choice to play a transgender character.
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Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 4 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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University of Calcutta to have third gender option in admission forms from
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov 23 (ANI): The University of Calcutta will have third gender option in admission forms from next academic session, Vice-Chancellor Sonali Chakraborty Banerjee has said.
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