Tag: transgender
Uttar Pradesh Now Has 14.12 Crore Voters
With the Election Commission publishing the revised and final voters list for the state, Uttar Pradesh now has a whopping 14.12 crore voters, who are eligible to exercise their franchise in the forthcoming State Assembly polls beginning February 11.....
Supreme Court Decriminlaises Gay Sex
The Supreme Court on Thursday in a landmark decision decriminalised homosexuality by declaring Section 377, the penal provision which criminalised gay sex, as "manifestly arbitrary".....
MCD Gets Its 1st Transgender Councillor As AAP's Bobby Wins From Sultanpuri
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi, on Wednesday, got its first transgender councillor after AAP's Bobby Kinnar won the civic polls from Sultanpuri-A ward. ....
Government Leaves It To SC's Wisdom To Decriminalize Gay Sex
The centre on Wednesday said it was leaving it to the wisdom of the Supreme Court to decide if a law that criminalizes consensual gay sex was constitutionally valid.....
Transgender Activist Akkai Padmashali Joins Karnataka Congress
LGBTQ community representative and transgender activist Akkai Padmashali has joined the Karnataka unit of the Congress, a party official said on Sunday. ....
Bihar Police Recruit First Transgender Constable
In a first, the Bihar Police have recruited a transgender person as constable. ....
Transgenders Get Right To Property In UP
Transgenders, recognised as the 'third gender' by the Supreme Court, will now get the right to inherit agricultural land in Uttar Pradesh. ....
'Laxmmi Bomb' Director Wants To Highlight Transgender Community Through Film
The horror comedy Laxmmi Bomb, starring Akshay Kumar, is all set to release on November 9, and director Raghava Lawrence, who makes his Bollywood debut with the film, says he felt compelled to tell the story of the transgender community in the film.....
Sarah McBride Becomes 1st Transgender US State Senator
Sarah McBride, a prominent American advocate for LGBTQ rights, has become the first and only openly transgender state senator in the US after winning the race in Delaware. ....
Eight-member Transgender Gang Arrested For Extortion
Cyberabad police have arrested eight transgenders for allegedly harassing a man and extorting money from him. ....
