Virendra Kumar

Identity on trial: Why India's new transgender law is facing backlash

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Identity on trial: Why India's new transgender law is facing backlash

‘Cause shade never made anybody less gay’ – Taylor Swift, You Need to Calm DownLast week, two contrasting developments related to the LGBTQ+ community made global headlines. One, in the German city of Munich, Dominik Krause was elected mayor, the first openly gay man to hold a constitutional office in a European country.Second, at the … Read more

Parliament passes bill to amend transgender law; two members of TG People’s Council resign in protest

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Parliament passes bill to amend transgender law; two members of TG People's Council resign in protest

New Delhi: A day after Parliament approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2026, two National Transgender Commission members from the community submitted their resignations to the Social Justice Minister as opposition lawmakers demanded that the bill be referred to a standing committee for wider consultations Virendra Kumar There was an outcry against the … Read more