Explained: The many contentions around the Transgender Protection (Amendment) Bill 2026 tabled in Parliament

Explained: The many contentions around the Transgender Protection (Amendment) Bill 2026 tabled in Parliament

The government has presented the amendment as a bid to 'protect only those who face severe social exclusion due to biological reasons for no fault... no choice of their own.' This understanding reverts to a pre-2014 understanding of transgender identity

A new Bill introduced in Parliament last week seeks to undo the right to gender self-identification, a key outcome of the landmark Supreme Court judgement, National Legal Services Authority v. Union … [+8261 chars]
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