transgender
- India
SC seeks response from Centre, states on plea seeking reservation for transgender persons
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea seeking reservation for transgender persons in public educational institutions and employment. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad’s doctor becomes first transperson to join MD in Emergency
Hyderabad: Dr Ruth Paul John Koyyala, MBBS, will be the first transperson to get admission into the MD Emergency Medicine at ESI Hospital. She is currently working as a medical officer at…
- Middle East
Kuwait bans horror film ‘Talk to me’ featuring transgender actor :Report
Kuwait has banned the screening of the Australian horror film ‘Talk to Me’ which features a transgender actor, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported on Monday. The horror movie which has been currently released…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Vikalp centre for transgenders launched at Meerpet PS
Hyderabad: Vikalp, a counselling centre for transgenders at Meerpet police station was inaugurated by Director General of Police, Anjani Kumar along with Rachakonda police commissioner, DS Chauhan on Tuesday. Rachakonda Police along…
- Telangana
TPCC chief must be punished for abusing transgenders: BRS’ D Sravan
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) senior leader Dr Dasoju Sravan censured TPCC president and MP Revanth Reddy for humiliating and using abusive language towards the transgender community and BC sections of Telangana.…
- India
Transgender community protests against BJP MLA Nitesh Rane
Pune: Members of the transgender community on Wednesday staged a protest here against BJP MLA Nitesh Rane over a derogatory word he allegedly used while referring to Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 2 transgenders murdered at Tappachabutra in Old City
Hyderabad: Panic prevailed at Tappachabutra in the Old City during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday after two transgender persons were killed by unknown assailants. The deceased have been identified as…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Transgender kills minor over financial dispute with his father
Hyderabad: An eight-year-old was allegedly killed by a transgender here over financial issues with the boy’s father, police said Friday. Police received a complaint about the boy missing and they examined CCTV…
- Telangana
Telangana: 10 Transgenders employed by Amazon at Karimnagar’s job mela
Hyderabad: 10 transgenders bagged Amazon jobs at a job fair organised by the Karimnagar Police in the district on Tuesday. Officials stated that they were mostly employed as packing assistants with a…
- Kerala
Kerala’s first transgender lawyer wants to be voice of the poor, marginalised
Kochi: A physics graduate, an insurance agent-cum-law student and finally a full fledged lawyer, this is the journey of Kerala’s first transgender advocate who now aims to use her legal acumen to…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s CII terms ‘guru culture’ in transgender community as exploitation, neo-slavery
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) has slammed the guru culture in the transgender community and has termed it as a lethal form of exploitation and neo-slavery. In a statement, CII…
- India
In a first, ‘Trans Tea Stall’ at Guwahati railway station
Guwahati: In a first-of-a-kind initiative, a special tea stall has been set up at the Guwahati train station by the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR) to boost the transgender community, officials said on…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s transgender news anchor Marvia Malik escapes death
Pakistan’s first transgender news anchor, Marvia Malik, cheated death when she was attacked by gunmen outside her residence in Lahore on the night of February 23. According to Dawn, Malik was returning from…
- Telangana
Transgender sanctioned loan under PMEGP for photo studio in Telangana
Hyderabad: A transgender person has been sanctioned a loan under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme, to set up a self-employment unit in Karimnagar. Karimnagar collector RV Karnan on Tuesday handed over…
- Kerala
Trans couple blessed with baby in Kerala
Kozhikode: A Keralite transgender couple, who recently announced pregnancy, was blessed with a baby at a state-run hospital here on Wednesday, considered to be the first such case in the country. “The…
