transgender
- 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…
- 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…
