transgender
- 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…
- Kerala
Kerala trans-couple set to welcome baby next month
Kozhikode: A transgender couple in Kerala has announced that they are expecting a baby next month, in possibly the first such pregnancy of a trans person in the country. Ziya Paval, a…
- India
Gender neutral uniforms, safe washrooms: NCERT’s manual for schools on transgender students
New Delhi: Gender-neutral uniforms in schools, transgender-inclusive curriculum, safe washroom facilities, and measures to prevent gender-based violence are among the recommendations made by a new NCERT manual for smoothly integrating the third…
- Telangana
Telangana: Transwoman’s husband stabbed to death in Narsingi
Hyderabad: Two people stabbed a man to death and injured another in two separate incidents in Narsingi’s Manchirevula village early Thursday. According to the police, two unidentified persons harassed a transgender woman,…
- India
First transgender judge seeks reservation in government jobs for her community
Indore: India’s first transgender Judge Joyita Mondal on Friday underlined the need for reservation in government jobs for her community members, saying their entry in segments like the police force and the…
- Pakistan
Lahore opens its first transgender school providing free education
Lahore: Pakistan’s Punjab government has opened the first transgender public school here in the provincial capital in its bid to empower more trans persons in society. Earlier, Pakistan’s Punjab government had set…
- India
Fired for being ‘trans woman’, UP school denies allegations
Lucknow: A 29-year-old trans woman, hired as a teacher by a private school in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district, was allegedly asked to resign after she revealed her gender to some of…
- Telangana
Telangana: Two transgender doctors script history, join govt service
Hyderabad: Two transgenders in Telangana, who completed medicine overcoming challenges in their personal life, have scripted history by becoming the first transgender doctors to join government service in the state. Prachi Rathod…
- Delhi
AAPs’ first transgender candidate wants to encourage community to make a mark
New Delhi: Bobi was only 15 when her family handed her over to a ‘guruji’ from the transgender community under societal pressure. Now, more than 20 years later, the AAP’s first transgender…
- Telangana
Telangana: Applications invited for homes for transgenders from NGOS/CBOS
Hyderabad: Applications are now open for NGOS/CBOS shelter homes run by transgender communities in the state, said the Department for Welfare of Disabled and Senior Citizens here on Thursday. In a press…
- Telangana
Telangana high court seeks report on transgender welfare
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday asked advocate general BS Prasad to provide a report on the status of the Transgender community in the state. Prasad was further directed to provide…
- Chennai
Transgender people entitled to special quota as 3rd gender: Madras HC
Chennai: The Madras High Court has held without “hesitation” that transgenders are entitled to a special reservation for third gender viz., transgender category for admission to post basic (nursing) and post basic…
- Hyderabad
No record, no ration: Telangana govt’s apathy for transgender people
Hyderabad: Madhushalini, a transwoman living in Alwal in the city says that she doesn’t know of any pro-transgender policies introduced by the Telangana government. She says that she has no access to…
- India
UP: ‘Garima Griha’ to be set up for transgender citizens
Lucknow: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will set up ‘Garima Griha’ (dignity homes) for the transgender community. It has also been decided to provide identity cards to all transgender citizens…
