How An Arts Campaign Seeks To Bring Gender Sensitivity To Healthcare
A creative initiative using literature and visual arts hopes to educate and sensitise medical students and practitioners about gender-affirmative care
What Parental Support Means For A 17-year-old Trans Girl In Assam
A trans girl in Guwahati battled hostility and harassment in her early school years but found strength in her parents’ unwavering support, love and care. Recently expelled from school for posting a bikini photo, her parents are pushing back
Transgender women Are Being Excluded From Maharashtra’s Cash Scheme For Women
With no clarity on trans women beneficiaries, and the many hurdles to establishing gender identity, the Ladki Bahin scheme is becoming exclusionary
Despite Laws, Guidelines, Queerphobia Remains Unchecked In Campuses
Students have reported frequent incidents of queerphobia and misogyny in universities. We look at why redressal mechanisms remain ineffective
Why Lives And Deaths Of Trans Persons Remain Underreported, Undocumented
Procedural issues around self-identification mean that the real numbers are rarely reflected in official data, show studies
We’re Humiliated, Denied Reduced Bus Fares For Women, Say Trans women In Maharashtra
Every time they ask for the concessional tickets for women on state buses, trans women are asked to furnish gender and identity proof
Why It Is Hard For Disabled Women, Queer Persons To Leave Abusive Partners
Reema*, 32, has been married for about five years but the man she thought would be her life partner has turned out to be a stranger […]
Trans Persons With Disabilities Lack Enabling Social Systems and Healthcare Support
India has laws and support systems for both transgender persons and people with disabilities, but none for those who are both identities – trans persons with […]
