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Transgender celebrity's play rejected in China's Guangzhou, sparking outcr
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
According to a report by Radio Free Asia, Jin, a renowned choreographer and dancer, planned to direct and star in an adaptation of the classic play "Sunrise." After her application was turned down, she took to Chinese social media platform Weibo, questioning the decision and suggesting it wa
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Delhi HC dismisses husband's plea for wife's gender test
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Justice Sanjiv Narula, while rejecting the plea, said that writ petitions are not applicable against private individuals, and matrimonial disputes are not suitable for such petitions. He further stated that ordering a medical test in these cases could set a concerning precedent with wider im
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Husband claims "wife is transgender", seeks court direction for her medica
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
A husband has approached the Delhi High Court requesting that the Delhi Police conduct a medical examination of his wife at a Central Government hospital to establish her gender. seeks examination
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Court dismisses anticipatory bail plea of Transgender MCD Councillor Bobi
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Delhi's Rohini District Court on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea moved by Transgender MCD Councillor Bobi Kinner. An FIR has already been registered against Bobi in a fake caste certificate case.
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Transgender councillor Bobi Kinnar gets anticipatory bail in caste certifi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The court granted interim protection to Bobi Kinnar, stating that the case is document-based and there is no scope to threaten the witnesses. He was granted interim protection on August 17.
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Caste certificate case: Transgender Councillor Bobi Kinnar gets interim pr
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
An FIR was registered against Bobi Kinnar on the complaint filed by Congress candidate Varuna Dhaka. It was alleged that Kinnar used a forged/fabricated caste certificate to contest the MCD election 2022. Dhaka had lost the election.
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"There is no humanity left in humans": Transgender activist on Kolkata rap
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Transgender activist and member of the Association of Transgenders in Bengal, Ranjit Sinha on Monday said that they were concerned about the safety of women and transgenders in Kolkata after the rape and murder of a female doctor at RG Kar Medical College.
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West Bengal: LGBTQIA+ community stages protest over Kolkata rape-murder
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Amid widespread outrage and demands for justice following the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, members of the LGBTQIA+ community staged a protest here on Saturday, demanding justice for the victim.
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West Bengal: Transgender activist Ranjita Sinha urges CM Mamata Banerjee t
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Speaking with ANI, Ranjita Sinha, transgender activist and member of ATHB, said, "For the past eight years, our flagship initiative has been the "Ardhnarishwar Durga Puja," a landmark event in the transgender community. This celebration, one of the first major Durga Puja festivities organ
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Court orders FIR to investigate allegation of forgery against first transg
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The complaint was filed by Varuna Devi, who lost the MCD election against Bobi. It is alleged that Bobi used forged/fabricated caste certificate allegedly issued from Gautam Budh Nagar, UP in March 2017 to get issued a new caste certificate from Delhi to file her nomination in MCD election f
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SC notice to Centre on plea to allow blood donation by gay men, transgende
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sought a response from the Centre, National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC), National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) and asked them to file their response.
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Tripura: BSF on "alert" amid widespread violence in Bangladesh
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Bangladesh Supreme Court ruled to slash the quota reserved for relatives of war veterans' from 30 per cent to 5 per cent while allowing 93 per cent to be allocated based on merit and the remaining 2 per cent will be earmarked for members of ethnic minorities, transgender individuals, and the
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