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Hues may vary but humanity does not | வண்ணங்கள் வேற்றுமைப் பட்டால் – அதில் மானுடர் வேற்றுமை இல்லை

Media Coverage of Trans Bill 2026

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26 April 2026: The Telegraph. Rights battle: Trans Act shapes voting preferences of Kolkata’s LGBTQIA+ community Jhinuk Mazumdar

25 April 2026: Mathrubhumi. ‘We are here. We will be here…’ Trans men, visibility, and India’s transgender law in Manipur Shalini Chandran

25 April 2026: I.CONnect. Decolonisation in Reverse: India’s 2026 Transgender Amendment Act and the Return of the 1871 Criminal Tribes Act Rationale. Rishabh Mehta

24 April 2026: IndiaSpend. From Rights To Red Tape: India’s Transgender Law Amendment. Divya Tiwari.

23 April 2026: Mathrubhumi. ‘New Transgender law is completely divorced from science and medicine’ Shalini Chandran

23 April 2026: Mathrubhumi. ‘Parents who threw us out; why will they give consent?’ A trans man’s anguish over India’s new law Shalini Chandran

23 April 2026: LiveLaw. Rajasthan High Court issues notice on Plea challenging Transgender Persons Amendment Act 2026 Nupur Agrawal

23 April 2026: Mathrubhumi. Born different, made afraid: Intersex lives at the margins of the Trans Bill debate Shalini Chandran

23 April 2026: Mathrubhumi. ‘Where do we go now?’ A trans woman’s question as India rewrites identity law. Shalini Chandran

17 April 2026: The Telegraph: ‘Horrific’: New transgender law sparks panic among parents, worries doctors Rohini Ghosh

13 April 2026: The New Indian Express. Transgender law must retain self-identification: Activist Maya Thakur.

9 April 2026: The Hindu. Transgender law: HC seeks Centre’s reply on pleas challenging petitions

9 April 2026: The New Indian Express. Delhi HC seeks Centre’s stand on plea against transgender law. Udayan Kishor.

9 April 2026: Indian Express. Transgender law raises alarms over surgeries, therapies and rights: ‘Will we be erased?’ Anonna Dutt

9 April 2026: Indian Express. Explained: Why the new trans persons law is being challenged in court. Vineet Bhalla

9 April 2026: Economic Times. ‘Classification is arbitrary, violates fundamental rights…’: Lawyer on Transgender Amendment Act

8 April 2026: Bar and Bench. The Transgender Persons Amendment Act, 2026: Six constitutional vulnerabilities. Paras Sharma

8 April 2026. Live Law. Delhi High Court Seeks Centre’s Response On PIL Challenging Transgender Persons Amendment Act 2026 Nupur Thapliyal

8 April 2026. Deccan Herald. Rajasthan HC’s scrubbed remarks highlight judicial strain over transgender law. Julian Seal Pasari and Avinash Verma.

8 April 2026: Hindustan Times. Delhi HC seeks Centre reply on pleas against transgender law amendments. Shruti Kakkar

7 April 2026: Live Law. Does Transgender Persons Amendment Act affect people already undergoes hormone therapy? Kerala High Court asks Centre. Salma Jennath

7 April 2026: The Wire. Government Has Dismantled Transgender Rights With Amended Law; Surprisingly, Nobody Had Demanded These Changes. Faizan Mustafa and Aashank Duwedi

6 April 2026: Diluting Identity: The New Transgender Amendment. Aastha Arora

6 April 2026: National Herald. Undoing hard-won transgender rights. Chittajit Mitra

6 April 2026: Hindustan Times. Mind The Gap: And so it begins… Namita Bhandare

5 April 2026: Hindustan Times. ‘Return to ice age’: Transgender Persons Amendment Act sparks fury nationwide. Chintan Girish Modi

5 April 2026: The New Indian Express. NCTP representatives file plea in SC challenging Transgender Amendment Act. Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty.

4 April 2026: The Hindu Plea in Supreme Court challenges transgender law amendments as breach of right to self-determined gender identity Krishnadas Rajagopal

4 April 2026: Bar and Bench Plea filed before Supreme Court challenging Transgender Amendment Act Debayan Roy

4 April 2026: Live Law Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Transgender Persons Amendment Act 2026, Says Omitting Self-Identification Violates Art 21

4 April 2026: The Hindu Rajasthan High Court expunges remarks on Transgender Act Aaratrika Bhaumik

3 April 2026: The Hindu Trans Amendment Act may disrupt gender-affirmative care, warn health practitioners Ashna Butani

3 April 2026: Hindustan Times Rajasthan HC deletes own critical remarks on transgender bill Dinesh Bothra

3 April 2026: Live Law Rajasthan High Court Deletes Earlier Remarks On Transgender Bill 2026, Uploads Updated Version Upasana Sajeev

2 April 2026: Gaysi Disenfranchising Queer Freedoms: How the Transgender Amendment Bill 2026 Mistakes Biology for Identity and Leaves Everyone Worse Off Ashish Pandya

2 April 2026: Harvard Kennedy School Carr-Ryan Centre for Human Rights Protection to Prosecution: The Criminalization of Transgender Existence in India’s 2026 Amendment Bill Nayyab Ali

1 April 2026: Indian Express Transgender Persons Amendment Act 2026: Looking back at a decade of legal battles over gender identity Vineet Bhalla

1 April 2026: Orissa Post Transgender community protests

1 April 2026: Jurist.org India passes transgender rights amendment, prompting concerns over compliance with Supreme Court precedent

31 March 2026: The Print Trans Amendment Bill brings a cloud of confusion to Garima Grehs. ‘Our trust is shaken’ Vitasta Kaul

31 March 2026: The Tribune ‘No one wins in this law’: Activist Kanmani Ray on Trans Amendment Bill 2026 Surya S Pillai

31 March 2026: On Manorama ‘Coming out is hard, the new Bill makes it even harder’: Kerala trans community concerned over amendments Vaishnavi M Nair

31 March 2026: Times of India Identity on trial: Why India’s new Transgender law is facing backlash Yash Sonkar

31 March 2026: The Quint Why the Extraordinary Rush to Pass Trans Bill 2026 Sans Public Feedback Maansi Verma, Afreen Azim

31 March 2026: Transgender Amendment Bill gets President Murmu’s assent The Hindu, Bar and Bench, Indian Express, The Quint, Tribune India

31 March 2026: Mathrubhumi ‘Where do we go now?’ A trans woman’s question as India rewrites identity law Shalini Chandran

31 March 2026: Himal Magazine India’s giant step backwards on transgender rights Ankush Pal, Muskan Tibrewala

31 March 2026: The Scroll Transgender Bill risks turning gender identity right into entitlement decided by state: Rajasthan HC

31 March 2026: Business Standard Policy vs reality: Hurdles to transgender welfare schemes raise concerns Anushka Bhardwaj

31 March 2026: The New Indian Express. Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 gets President nod. Vineet Upadhyay.

31 March 2026: Bar and Bench Transgender Bill may turn right to gender identity into State-dependent entitlement: Rajasthan High Court

30 March 2026: Himal Magazine India’s giant step backwards on transgender rights Ankush Pal, Muskan Tibrewala

30 March 2026: Hindustan Times. Transgender individuals protest at Jantar Mantar, demand rollback of new bill. Gargi Shukla.

30 March 2026: Queer Beat Queer lawyers and activists warn against hasty legal challenges to Trans Bill Ekta Sonawane Anishaa Tavag

30 March 2026: Frontline Satrangi Salaam: A community-led protest against the amended transgender law Aparna Vats

30 March 2026: The Federal ‘Reduced to State-mediated entitlement’: HC flags concern over transgender Bill

30 March 2026: The News Minute ‘Selfhood is not a concession, it is a right’: Rajasthan HC on Trans Bill 2026

30 March 2026: Indian Express ‘Selfhood not concession’: Rajasthan High Court grants 3% weightage to transgender persons, slams 2026 Bill for ‘diluting’ rights Vineet Upadhyay

30 March 2026: The Pink City Post Transgender persons’ inclusion in OBC without separate reservation is a mere facade; 3% marks weightage granted: Raj HC

30 March 2026: Indian Express Want minister’s answer on why we were not consulted on Transgender Bill: Advisory body member Dr Aparna Lalingkar Soham Shah

30 March 2026: Times of India 116 year barrier broken new law clouds Trans man’s hard won recognition Prashant Rupert

30 March 2026: Hindustan Times. Eroding transformative rights for trans people. Arundhati Katju.

29 March 2026: Deccan Herald Transgender rights bill: Freedom to choose gender or law to control? Arvind Narrain

29 March 2026: The Telegraph‘ Ignorant of science’: How India’s Transgender Persons Act punishes a community Arijit Sen

29 March 2026: Assam Tribune Manipur trans groups protest ‘regressive’ Bill, flag identity exclusion

29 March 2026: Hindustan Times Transgender individuals gather at Lodhi Garden, stitch pride flag for protest Aaditya Khatwani

29 March 2026: Hindustan Times. Queer groups march in Lucknow against Transgender Amendment Bill

29 March 2026: The Print Trans Amendment Bill echoes Criminal Tribes Act. It wants them to stay in violent families Aditya Vikram Shrivastava

29 March 2026: Deccan Herald When State stamps identity: The quiet erosion of trans rights Rahul Bajaj

29 March 2026: Outlook India Bloodlines Against Soulness: When the Law Undermines Trans Lives and Chosen Families Fozia Yasin

29 March 2026: T2 Online Identity Wars: Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026 and the city that refuses to shrug Sanjali Brahma

28 March 2026: The Wire Over 140 Lawyers, Feminists, Activists Urge President Not to Assent to Transgender Bill

28 March 2026: The Hindu A shade of dark: On the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 (Editorial)

28 March 2026: Indian Express ‘Kept in dark about Bill, minister skipped meeting’: Why India’s top transgender advisors resigned in protest Nikhila Henry

28 March 2026: The Hindu The Transgender Persons Amendment Bill and the question of identity: Who gets to define a trans life? Barry Rodgers

28 March 2026: Business Standard From education to work, transgender community’s marginalisation is stark Shikha Chaturvedi

28 March 2026: Bhaskar English Transgender Amendment Bill triggers protest across India:Who will decide ‘identity’ of trans persons under law? Anjali Rajgovind

27 March 2026: Independent, UK India’s trans community thought invasive medical exams were a thing of the past. This law is set to bring them back Namita Singh

27 March 2026: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ‘We will be fighting’: Indian transgender activist says as new bill strips right to self-identify Sheena Goodyear

27 March 2026: The BBC New India bill to amend transgender rights sparks protests Nikita Yadav and Abhishek Day

27 March 2026: The Scroll The curious logic of the Transgender Persons Amendment Bill Swarpa Deb

27 March 2026: The Hindu Rolling back rights: Karnataka’s gender minority communities question Trans Bill 2026  Shilpa Elizabeth

27 March 2026: Times of India President urged not to give assent to Transgender Bill Ambika Pandit

27 March 2026: Indian Express Explained: The Transgender Persons Amendment Bill and the debate over self-determination Nikhil Ghanekar

27 March 2026: Outlook India ‘Who are they to decide who I am?’: Trans Community Up In Arms Against Identity Law Changes Ainnie Arif

27 March 2026: The Federal Transgender Amendment Bill: Patruni Chidananda Sastry on implications and way forward Shaijala Tripathi

27 March 2026: Tribune India Transgender rights: Why 2026 Amendment Bill sparks legal and ethical debate Ivninder Pal Singh

27 March 2026: The Hans India Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026 generates mixed response from trans community leaders

27 March 2026: The Hindu Transgender rights activist resigns from NHRC body, calls NHRC a ‘hypocrite’ Vinaya Deshpande Pandit

27 March 2026: Hindustan Times ‘Our rights taken away, we are being criminalised’: trans persons protest new amendment Bill Aaditya Khatwani

27 March 2026: New Indian Express Existential Crisis Krishna PS

27 March 2026: New Indian Express LGBTQ community protests in Delhi as Parliament clears Transgender Amendment Bill Aditi Ray Chowdhury

27 March 2026: The Better Indian With India’s Transgender Law Back in Focus, Here’s a Clear Breakdown of What It Says & How It Impacts Lives Avantika Krishna

27 March 2026: Indian Express SC-appointed panel urges Govt to withdraw Transgender Persons Amendment Bill Vineet Bhalla

27 March 2026: Mathrubhumi ‘ഈ ബിൽ ട്രാൻസ്‌ജെൻഡർമാരെയോ വ്യത്യസ്ത ലൈംഗികാഭിമുഖ്യം പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കുന്നവരെയോ മനസ്സിലാക്കുന്നില്ല’ (In Malayalam)

27 March 2026: The Hindu President urged not to grant assent to Transgender Amendment Bill

26 March 2026: Human Rights Watch India’s Transgender Rights Bill a Huge Setback Jayshree Bajoria

26 March 2026: Hindustan Times Private lives versus government morality Dhrubo Jyoti

26 March 2026: South First Lawyers, feminists urge President to withhold assent to Transgender Persons Bill 2026

26 March 2026: The Hindu Transgender persons Amendment Bill opposed by community collectives Chinmay Gaikwad

26 March 2026: The Wire ‘Your Law Should Be Tailored to My Reality, Not the Other Way Around’ Anindita Mukherjee

26 March 2026: Feminism in India How Transgender Amendment Bill Erases The Existence Of Transmasculine And Non-Binary Persons Soumili Paul

26 March 2026: The Quint Not Just Trans People, the 2026 Bill Expands State Control Over Everyone Mihir Rajamani

26 March 2026: The Hindu Hyderabad LGBTQIA+ collective flags ‘State control of identity’

26 March 2026: Outlook India Activists, Students Protest Passage Of Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 Photo Webdesk

26 March 2026: The Wire The Transgender Persons Amendment Bill Is Turning Back the Centuries Madhavi Menon

26 March 2026: Madism ട്രാൻസ്ജെൻഡർ ഭേദഗതി ബിൽ: സംരക്ഷണമോ അതോ സ്വത്വനിഷേധത്തിന്റെ പുതിയ ചട്ടക്കൂടോ? (In Malayalam)

26 March 2026: ETV Bharat Activists Slam Govt Over Transgender Amendment Bill, Call It ‘Unconstitutional’

26 March 2026: The Print ‘Give us poison’: Trans community erupts after Parliament passes bill redefining who’s trans who isn’t Vrinda Tulsa

26 March 2026: New Indian Express Protest in Chennai against centre’s transgender amendment bill

26 March 2026: The Hindu Transgender Persons Bill Condemned Mrittika Banerjee (Hyderabad)

26 March 2026: The Aidem A Regressive Turn: The Transgender Bill and the Politics of Exclusion Dr. T.T. Sreekumar

26 March 2026: Greater Kashmir SC panel urges withdrawal of Transgender Rights Amendment law

26 March 2026: India Today Jaya Bachchan tears into transgender amendment Bill as Parliament gives it nod

26 March 2026: Bar and Bench Supreme Court-appointed panel asks Centre to withdraw new Transgender Amendment Bill Ritwik Choudhury

25 March 2026: Times of India How India’s New Transgender Law Wrongs a Right N. Kavitha Rameshwar

25 March 2026: The Hindu Two member from National Council for Transgender Persons resign, citing ‘regressive’ Amendment Bill Ragavi M, Ashna Butani

25 March 2026: New Indian Express National Transgender council members Kalki Subramaniam, Rituparna Neog resign after Rights Amendment Bill passes

25 March 2026: The News Minute Kalki Subramaniam resigns from NCTP over regressive transgender bill

25 March 2026: Parliament passes bill to amend law on protection and rights of transgender persons The Print, ETV Bharat, The Hindu, Outlook India, Deccan Chronicle, Scroll, Economic Times, Bar & Bench

25 March 2026: New Indian Express ‘Taking all sections along’: Centre defends Transgender Persons Amendment Bill Rajesh Kumar Thakur

25 March 2026: The Print Transgender Amendment Bill: Opposition MPs seek stakeholder consultations

25 March 2026: New Indian Express Refer transgender persons amendment bill to select committee: Opposition

25 March 2026: India Today AAP slams Centre over transgender bill, vows to keep fighting for their rights

25 March 2026: ANI News “Is a Trans person’s body, dignity any less?”: Swati Maliwal on Transgender Persons amendment bill; flags ‘glaring inequalities’ in law

25 March 2026: The News Mill Swati Maliwal highlights inequalities in Transgender Persons Amendment Bill

25 March 2026: Indian Express Renuka Chowdhury Slams Transgender Amendment Bill 2026 | Parliament Session

25 March 2026: The Hawk Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury slams Transgender Amendment Bill as ‘SIR on transgender persons’ in RS

25 March 2026: Indian Express ‘Genuine beneficiaries will be left out’: Maharashtra transgender board V-P raises alarm over Amendment Bill Shubham Kurale

25 March 2026: Mid Day In photos: The LGBTQ community protests the Transgender Amendment Bill 2026 at Azad Maidan in Mumbai Tarun Verma

25 March 2026: Times of India ‘Our existence erased’: Mumbais queer communities oppose Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026

25 March 2026: Social News Mumbai: LGBTQIA+ Groups Protest Against Transgender Rights Amendment Bill: Gallery

25 March 2026: ETV Bharat ‘No Going Back’: Trans Activist Kalki Subramaniam Vows To Fight Against Transgender Amendment Bill

25 March 2026: The New Minute ‘Listen to the community’: CM Stalin opposes Trans Amendment Bill

25 March 2026: The Hindu Trans Amendment Bill 2026: Don’t impose changes without consensus, T.N. CM Stalin tells Centre

25 March 2026: Indian Express ‘The Transgender Bill Is Against Every Indian Citizen’: Mahua Moitra

25 March 2026: Hindustan Times NCP-SP’s Anish Gawande slams Trans Amendment Bill: No consultation, criminalises support groups Aryan Mudgal

25 March 2026: Outlook India SC Panel Seeks Withdrawal Of Transgender Bill, Flags Breach Of NALSA Ruling

25 March 2026: The Hindu Supreme Court-appointed panel asks Centre to withdraw Transgender Bill that removes right to gender self-determination Abhinay Lakshman

25 March 2026: Deccan Herald Narrowed definition, medical board: Key changes proposed in Transgender Persons Amendment Bill explained

25 March 2026: Economic Times Activists condemn transgender bill passage in Lok Sabha, say haste in Rajya Sabha ‘scary’

25 March 2026: Manorama ആരാണ് ട്രാൻസ്ജെൻഡർ? ‘തെളിയിക്കാൻ ഇനി മെഡിക്കൽ ബോർഡിനു മുന്നിൽ വിവസ്ത്രരാകണോ?’; ചർച്ച പോലുമില്ലാതെ കേന്ദ്ര നീക്കം Saranya Bhuvanendran (In Malayalam)

25 March 2026: Feminism in India Erasure, Medicalisation, And The State: Lok Sabha Passes Draconian Transgender Amendment Bill Divya Rai

25 March 2026: Queer Beat How the BJP government bulldozed opposition to the Trans Bill in the Lok Sabha Anisha Tavag, Sayantan Datta, Ekta Sonawane, Mia Jose

25 March 2026: The Federal Why amendment to law for protection of transgender rights has the community worried Aranya Shankar

25 March 2026: Indian Express My community and I have spent years fighting for transgender rights. The work’s been undone over one Tuesday evening Teya

25 March 2026: The Wire ‘Not Reform But Regression’: Opposition Stages Walkout as Lok Sabha Passes Transgender Bill Sravasti Dasgupta

25 March 2026: The Logical Indian Transgender Rights and Self-Identification at Risk as 2026 Amendment Bill Passes Lok Sabha Amid Protests Chhavi Chandani

25 March 2026: Herald Goa Lok Sabha Passes Controversial Transgender Amendment Bill Amid Fierce Backlash

25 March 2026: The Mooknayak Lok Sabha Witnesses Sharp Opposition from Multiple MPs, Rajya Sabha to Debate Transgender Amendment Bill Today – Key Updates Geetha Sunil Pillai

25 March 2026: Hindustan Times Lok Sabha passes Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026 Dhamini Ratnam

24 March 2026: Scroll Lok Sabha passes bill to amend trans rights, Opposition calls it ‘draconian’

24 March 2026: News18 Lok Sabha Passes Transgender Rights Amendment Bill Amid Opposition Protest

24 March 2026: The Print LS passes transgender amendment bill amid Oppn walkout. Medical board & narrowed definition under fire Vrinda Tulsa

24 March 2026: The Hindu Transgender Bill passed by voice vote in Lok Sabha amid walkout by Opposition MPs Abhinay Lakshman

24 March 2026: Economic Times Lok Sabha passes bill to amend law on protection and rights of transgenders amid protests

24 March 2026: India Today Lok Sabha clears transgender bill that redefines eligibility for legal protection Piyush Mishra

24 March 2026: Times of India Lok Sabha passes bill redefining ‘Transgender’; excludes sexual orientations, self-perceived identities

24 March 2026: The Quint Lok Sabha Passes Transgender Persons Amendment Bill Amidst Sharp Division

24 March 2026: The News Minute Despite widespread protests, Lok Sabha passes transgender amendment bill

24 March 2026: DD News Lok Sabha passes Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026

24 March 2026: Asianet News Lok Sabha passes Transgender Bill; Opposition alleges Centre bulldozed it

24 March 2026: Lokmat Times Lok Sabha passes Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026

24 March 2026: Free Press Journal Lok Sabha Passes Transgender Rights Amendment Bill 2026 Amid Protests, Opposition Criticism

24 March 2026: Indian Express ‘We Thought PM Modi Was With Us!’ Trans-Activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi Breaks Down After TAB 2026

24 March 2026: Article 14 The Transgender Bill Doesn’t Amend Rights, It Erases Us Mridula Chari

24 March 2026: The Logical Indian From NALSA To Now: Why Transgender Groups Are Protesting The 2026 Rights Amendment Bill in Dehradun Chhavi Chandani

24 March 2026: Times of India ‘Existential threat’: Transgender community unites against bill Ambika Pandit & Meghna Dhulia

24 March 2026: India Today Throws our lives out of order: Transgenders oppose amendments to key law

24 March 2026: India Today Protest against Transgender Rights Act Amendment 2026

24 March 2026: Deccan Herald Rahul Gandhi calls transgender bill ‘attack on rights’; Opposition exits House in protest Amrita Madhukalya

24 March 2026: The Hindu Five queer voices explain the impact of the Trans Amendment Bill 2026 Sanjana Ganesh

24 March 2026: Mid Day Congress slams BJP’s Transgender Persons Amendment Bill, calls it “attack on constitutional rights”

24 March 2026: Mathrubhumi ‘ട്രാൻസ്ജെൻഡറാണെന്ന് അവകാശപ്പെട്ടാൽ അംഗീകരിക്കില്ല’; ട്രാൻസ്ജെൻഡർ അവകാശസംരക്ഷണ ഭേദഗതി ബിൽ പാസാക്കി

24 March 2026: AajTak ट्रांसजेंडर बिल लोकसभा से पारित, सामाजिक न्याय मंत्री बोले- आएगी कानूनी स्पष्टता (in Hindi)

24 March 2026: The Mooknayak Trans Bill 2026 Faces Heat from All Major Opposition Parties – Here’s How They Are Responding Geetha Sunil Pillai

24 March 2026: Rozana Spokesman Centre’s Transgender Persons Amendment Bill is a brazen attack on Constitutional rights: Rahul Gandhi

24 March 2026: Economic Times‘Brazen attack on constitutional rights of transgender people’: Rahul Gandhi slams govt on bill

24 March 2026: Lokmat Times ‘Brazen attack on Constitutional rights’: Rahul Gandhi opposes Transgender Persons Amendment Bill

24 March 2026: Live Law The New Transgender Bill Pushes India Back In Its Fight For Transgender Rights Vedant Choudhary

24 March 2026: Live Law The March Bill On Transgenders, Marches Backwards N. Kavitha Rameshwar

24 March 2026: India Development Review Why the Trans Amendment Bill must be withdrawn

24 March 2026: Lokmat Times Opposition MPs ask Centre to send Transgender Persons Bill to select committee

24 March 2026: Free Press Journal ‘Kapde Nahi Utaareinge’: Mumbai’s Queer Community Opposes Transgender Persons Bill; To Gather At Azad Maidan On Wednesday Demanding Withdrawal Dhairya Gajara

24 March 2026: Loksatta पारलिंगी हक्क संरक्षण विधेयक प्रतिगामी! (in Marathi)

24 March 2026: Kalaignar Seithigal திருநர்களின் உரிமைகளை பறிக்கும் மசோதா… இந்திய அளவில் கடும் எதிர்ப்பு… பின்வாங்குமா ஒன்றிய பாஜக அரசு! Manoj (in Tamil)

24 March 2026: Malayalam Samayam പരിഗണന ഈ വിഭാഗത്തിന്; ട്രാൻസ്ജെൻഡർ അവകാശസംരക്ഷണ ഭേദഗതി ബിൽ പാസാക്കി Jibin George

24 March 2026: TV9 Bangla লোকসভায় পেশ হতে চলেছে নতুন বিল, কেন ক্ষোভ বাড়ছে রূপান্তরকামীদের মধ্যে? (in Bengali)

24 March 2026: News 18 বিরোধিতার মাঝেই লোকসভায় পাস রূপান্তরকামী অধিকার সংশোধনী বিল ২০২৬! আইনি স্বীকৃতির জন্য এবার কী করতে হবে? (in Bengali)

24 March 2026: India TV ट्रांसजेंडर बिल लोकसभा में पारित, क्यों हो रहा विरोध, इसमें ऐसा क्या है जो सुप्रीम कोर्ट के फैसले के खिलाफ जाता है? Khushbu Rawal (in Hindi)

24 March 2026: Amar Ujala कांग्रेस ने ट्रांसजेंडर विधेयक का किया विरोध, राहुल गांधी बोले- यह सांविधानिक अधिकारों पर सीधा हमला Nirmal Kant (in Hindi)

24 March 2026: Patrika संविधान का उल्लंघन कर रहे PM मोदी, क्यों भड़क गए राहुल गांधी? Vinay Shakya (in Hindi)

24 March 2026: Khas Khabar राहुल गांधी ने ट्रांसजेंडर संशोधन विधेयक को संवैधानिक अधिकारों पर खुला हमला बताया (in Hindi)

24 March 2026: Agniban ट्रांसजेंडर संशोधन विधेयक समुदाय के संवैधानिक अधिकारों और पहचान पर खुला हमला – कांग्रेस सांसद राहुल गांधी (in Hindi) Girish

24 March 2026: The Hindu Transgender persons hold protests demanding withdrawal of amendment to Transgender Bill

24 March 2026: 5 Dariya News ‘Brazen attack on Constitutional rights’: Rahul Gandhi opposes Transgender Persons Amendment Bill

24 March 2026: Radio France International Trans community alarmed as India moves to curb LGBTQ rights

24 March 2026: Punch Trans community alarmed as India moves to curb LGBTQ rights

24 March 2026: Islander News A proposed amendment to India’s transgender law has sparked fear and anger among LGBTQ groups, who warn it could undo hard-won legal gains and take away the right to self-identify Arun Sankar

24 March 2026: The Radar “Who decides who I am?” India’s trans bill triggers nationwide backlash Aishat Bolaji

23 March 2026: Bangalore Mirror Just One Demand: Kill Bill

23 March 2026: The New Mill Shashi Tharoor calls Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026 deeply regressive

23 March 2026: Queer Beat Social justice ministry faces backlash for stonewalling National Council for Transgender Persons Sayantan Datta, Anisha Tavag, Mia Jose

23 March 2026: NDTV Explained: Why Queer Activists Are Opposing New Bill For Transgenders Saikat Kumar Bose

23 March 2026: ETV Bharat ट्रांसजेंडर बिल पर विवाद, विद्या राजपूत ने बताया पहचान और आज़ादी पर हमला, कहा- 30-40 साल पीछे ले जाएगा यह कानून (in Hindi)

23 March 2026: Indie Journal पारलिंगी व्यक्तींवर घाला घालणारं विधेयक Omkar Shinde (In Marathi)

23 March 2026: The Siesta Daily Hyderabad trans community opposes new amendment Bill, demand withdrawal

23 March 2026: Times of India Trans rights activists stage-protest in Hyderabad opposing the amendment bill demanding withdrawal

23 March 2026: New Indian Express Identity pushed into invisibility Diya Maria George

23 March 2026: Hindustan Times Mind The Gap: Identity under scrutiny Namita Bhandare

22 March 2026: The Wire ‘Unconstitutional’, ‘Brahminical’: Why Trans Persons Are Opposing Amendments to Their Rights Law Sharmita Kar

22 March 2026: The Leaflet Architecture of Erasure: How the Trans Amendment Bill 2026 erases those it claims to protect Ajitesh Singh

22 March 2026: The News Minute A law without a people: How the Trans Persons amendments exclude those it must protect Rihaa Badhwar, Vihaan Vee, Rajalakshmi RamPrakash

22 March 2026: Times of India Goa Queer and Trans Collective to protest Centre’s Amendment bill

22 March 2026: Mid Day Trans Rights Amendment Bill: ‘We cannot be contained in black and white’ Akshata Maheshwari

22 March 2026: East Mojo Transgender Bill amendment takes a mainland lens, leaves out Northeast

21 March 2026: Deccan Herald A worrying retreat on trans rights (Editorial)

21 March 2026: India Today NE Transgender, queer groups oppose amendment bill, demand immediate withdrawal

21 March 2026: The Print Transgender, queer groups oppose Amendment Bill, demand withdrawal (Guwahati)

21 March 2026: North East Now: Assam: Queer groups seek withdrawal of Transgender Amendment Bill, flag rights violations

21 March 2026: The Tribune Chandigarh sees protest against Transgender Amendment Bill; activists call it ‘assault on rights’

21 March 2026: The Hindu Trans and queer groups take out march in Thrissur against proposed law amendment

21 March 2026: The Hans India Queer groups in Kolkata oppose proposed Transgender Rights Amendment Bill

21 March 2026: Edex Live Transgender Rights Amendment Bill faces opposition in Kolkata

21 March 2026: Telegraph India Queer groups slam Transgender Persons Amendment Bill, 2026, as scope excludes ‘vulnerable’ sections Pheroze L. Vincent

21 March 2026: South First‘Retrograde, unconstitutional’: 100+ lawyers, feminists urge withdrawal of Transgender Bill 2026

21 March 2026: The Mooknayak Nationwide Protests Erupt Against Transgender Bill 2026: Queer Communities Demand Withdrawal Geetha Sunil Pillai

21 March 2026: Maktoob Media India’s new Transgender Bill threatens to reverse hard-won rights Vishal R. Choradiya

21 March 2026: Counter Currents 100+ Feminists and Lawyers Urge MPs to Scrap Transgender Rights Amendment Bill, 2026

21 March 2026: ETV Bharat ಟ್ರಾನ್ಸ್‌ಜೆಂಡರ್ ತಿದ್ದುಪಡಿ ಮಸೂದೆ 2026ರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ: ವೈದ್ಯಕೀಯ ತಪಾಸಣೆಯಿಂದ ಘನತೆ, ಗೌರವ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸಿದ ಸಮುದಾಯ (In Kannada)

21 March 2026: Web Dunia पहचान का संकट : अब कागज तय करेंगे जेंडर? ट्रांसजेंडर बिल में बदलाव से छिड़ा नया विवाद, छलका कम्‍युनिटी का दर्द Naveen Rangiyal (In Hindi)

20 March 2026: The Telegraph Scope narrowed: Transgender Persons Amendment Bill curtailing self-identification (Editorial)

20 March 2026: The Pioneer The real battle for transgender rights (Editorial)

20 March 2026: The Federal Trans identities will be erased: Lawyer Raghavi Shukla on amendment Bill Aranya Shankar

20 March 2026: The Hindu Fighting a looming threat of erasure: The outrage over amendments to trans rights law Abhinay Lakshman, Ashna Butani

20 March 2026: Times of India Pune based LGBTQIA+ members object to Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill Alim Shaikh

20 March 2026: Amar Ujwala UP: ट्रांसजेंडर अधिकार संशोधन बिल का विरोध, सलमा चौधरी बोलीं- हमारी पहचान हम तय करेंगे या सरकार; नाराजगी (In Hindi) Aman Vishwakarma

20 March 2026: Jagran ट्रांसजेंडर संशोधन बिल 2026 पर विवाद, समुदाय ने किया विरोध; कहा- ‘घटाए जा रहे अधिकार’ Prince Gourh

20 March 2026: Pudhari Transgender Bill Protest: ट्रान्सजेंडर सुधारणा विधेयकावर संताप; देशभर आंदोलनाचा इशारा (In Marathi)

20 March 2026: ETV Bharat ट्रांसजेंडर संशोधन विधेयक 2026; राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष सलमा बोलीं- “बिल का खंडन करने का काम करेंगे” (In Hindi)

20 March 2026: ETV Bharat ट्रान्सजेंडर व्यक्ती (हक्क संरक्षण) सुधारणा विधेयकाला विरोध करण्यासाठी देशभरात आंदोलन (In Marathi)

20 March 2026: Outlook India Over 44 Student Bodies Slam Transgender Rights Amendment Bill, Call It ‘Regressive’

20 March 2026: National Herald Law students across India oppose transgender rights amendment bill

20 March 2026: The Tribune Over 44 student bodies slam Transgender Rights Amendment Bill

19 March 2026: Marathi Batmya प्रकाश आंबेडकर यांची स्पष्टोक्ती, ‘ट्रान्सजेंडर संरक्षण सुधारणा विधेयक २०२६’ला विरोध (In Marathi)

19 March 2026: The Indian Express ‘Our identity is non-negotiable’: Pune’s queer community mobilises against transgender rights amendment bill Anuradha Mascarenhas

19 March 2026: Punekar News Activists slam transgender rights amendment bill, hold protest in Pune

19 March 2026: New Indian Express Withdraw bill to amend transgender rights law (Editorial)

19 March 2026: Sabrang India Withdraw the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 Now!

19 March 2026: DT Next Regressive bill on gender rights (Editorial)

19 March 2026: Deccan Herald Bengaluru Protest: Amendment Bill dilutes rights of transgender, gender-diverse communities

19 March 2026: The Hindu Transgender persons bill ‘draconian’, expect no better from government: Derek O’Brien

19 March 2026: The Patriot Living on the edge: Transgender community fears exclusion under amendment Bill Kushan Niyogi

18 March 2026: The Hindu ‘Trans rights are human rights’ echoes in Hyderabad as LGBTQIA+ community protests against Transgender Persons Amendment Bill Siddharth Kumar Singh

18 March 2026: ETV Bharat ‘Threatens Dignity’: Transgender Community Of Bengaluru Demand Withdrawal Of Bill Seeking To Redefine Trans People Mohammed Rafiq Mulla

18 March 2026: The Hindu Protect constitutional right to self-identification of gender identity, urge committee

18 March 2026: DTNext Queer community condemns new Transgender Bill, demands rollback

18 March 2026: The Indian Express Transgender Rights Amendment Bill: Key Changes to 2019 Act Explained Parthasarathi Biswas, Anagha Jayakumar

18 March 2026: The Free Press Journal Parents Of LGBTQIA+ Individuals Urge Govt To Reconsider Transgender Bill, Cite Threat To Self-Identity Rights Manoj Ramakrishnan

18 March 2026: Deccan Chronicle Transgender Groups Protest Amendment Bill

18 March 2026: The Indian Express We, the transgender people of India, reject the erasure of our identity Aqsa Shaikh

18 March 2026: The Indian Express Transgender Rights Amendment Bill: Key Changes to 2019 Act Explained Parthasarathi Biswas and Anagha Jayakumar

18 March 2026: South Asian Herald Is the New Transgender Amendment Constitutionally Sound? Mansi Pathak and Tanu Priya

18 March 2026: The Hindu Law must recognise dignity, not verify identity: Hyderabad’s LGBTQIA+ community opposes Transgender Amendment Bill Siddharth Kumar Singh

18 March 2026: Times of India Who gets to decide your gender? Why the new trans Bill is under fire Alka Dhupkar

18 March 2026: Hindustan Times Row over Transgender Amendment Bill explained: Why are some opposed to it? Aryan Mudgal

18 March 2026: Careers 360 ‘What is our life?’: Transgender Bill 2026 ‘returns us to the 1880s,’ says Kerala’s first trans lawyer Sheena Sachdeva

17 March 2026: MSN Hyderabad: Activists condemn Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026

17 March 2026: The New Indian Express Activists write to PM Modi against changes to transgender rights law

17 March 2026: Tripura Info Tripura LGBTQ+ delegation meets Governor, seeks withdrawal of Transgender Amendment Bill

17 March 2026: SCC Online Bill introduced in Lok Sabha to revise the definition of “transgender person” Kriti

17 March 2026: Outlook Identity On Trial: Does The New ‘Trans Bill’ Threaten Hard-Won Rights? Fozia Yasin

17 March 2026: The Hindu Transgender communities across India demand withdrawal of Bill to redefine trans people Ashna Butani and Abhinay Lakshman

17 March 2026: The Hindu March taken out to Lok Bhavan in protest against Bill on transgender persons

17 March 2026: The Hindu NCTP members oppose transgender Act amendments, say not consulted Abhinay Lakshman

17 March 2026: The Siasat Daily Hyderabad: Activists condemn Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026 Yunus Lasania

17 March 2026: News Laundry ‘No going back’: Trans persons rally against the Centre’s ‘identity’ check in new amendment Samarth Grover

17 March 2026: The News Minute The dangerous logic of the Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026 Anasuith Pridhvish

17 March 2026: Millennium Post Transgender Amendment Bill draws ‘strong’ criticism from rights groups

17 March 2026: Telengana Today Transgender Persons Amendment Bill, 2026, under a cloud Editorial

17 March 2026: Tripura Times Tripura LGBTQ+ body meets Guv, voices concern on amendment bill tabled in Parliament

16 March 2026: The News Minute ‘This Bill is nothing but erasure’: How India’s new Trans amendment could undo decades of rights Azeefa Fathima and Nandini Chandrashekar

16 March 2026: ETV Bharat ‘Transgender Amendment Bill Undermines Dignity, Autonomy Of Such People’: Trans Activist Kalki Subramaniam Santu Das

16 March 2026: Hindustan Times ‘Lawmakers’ imaginations of trans bodies’: Activists reject amendment Bill in its entirety PTI

16 March 2026: The Federal Transgender collectives want ‘regressive’ 2026 Amendment Bill withdrawn Aranya Shankar

16 March 2026: Outlook India Transgender Amendment Bill 2026 And The Underside Of Identity Governance Swarup Deb

16 March 2026: Punekar News Activists oppose proposed changes to transgender rights law nationwide protests planned Shoaib Tadvi

16 March 2026: Queerbeat.org India’s govt wants to turn trans rights law into trans persecution law; queer groups prepare to fight back Sayantan Datta, Ekta Sonawane, Anishaa Tavag

16 March 2026: The Hindu Karnataka transgender coalition writes open letter to Prime Minister opposing Amendment Bill

16 March 2026: The Hindu ‘Trans rights being pushed back by a decade’: Community members oppose proposed transgender law changes Siddharth Kumar Singh

16 March 2026: The Wire Is it Truly the Definition of Transgender Persons that Makes the Protective Law Unenforceable? Prashansa Naik and Farhan Zia

16 March 2026: The Print Delhi: SFI stages protest demanding withdrawal of Transgender Rights Amendment Bill

16 March 2026: The Indian Express Amendments to Trans Act go against constitutional rights. They must not be implemented Shashank Maheshwari

16 March 2026: City Today News ‘Self-identification under threat’: activists demand withdrawal of transgender amendment bill

16 March 2026: Bar & Bench Transgender Bill, 2026: Narrower definitions, wider constitutional questions Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya, Swapnil Tripathi

15 March 2026: The Hindu Amendment Bill sparks outrage among transgender community in Karnataka Shilpa Elizabeth

15 March 2026: New Indian Express Amendment robs us of right to determine gender: Activists Gayathri M Kurup

15 March 2026: The News Minute ‘Restore right to self-determination’: UoH students protest trans amendment bill

15 March 2026: The News Minute Withdraw ‘anti-human’ trans amendment bill, say Kerala queer groups

15 March 2026: The Federal Why has Transgender Persons Amendment Bill drawn widespread flak? Rajeev Ramachandran

15 March 2026: The Tribune Trans activists slam proposed amendment bill, call it regressive, unconstitutional

15 March 2026: The Shillong Times CPI(M) opposes Transgender Persons (Amendment) Bill

15 March 2026: Arunachal Times Transgender community opposes transgender bill

15 March 2026: Dinakaran மக்களவையில் புதிய மசோதா தாக்கல் சிறார்களை கடத்தி திருநங்கையாக மாற்றினால் ஆயுள் தண்டனை (In Tamil)

14 March 2026: Law Street Journal Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 Introduced in Lok Sabha; Raises Concerns Over Removal of Self-Perceived Gender Identity Tushit Pandey

14 March 2026: Times of India Govt tables bill proposing more precise definition of transgender, drops ‘self-perceived gender identity’ Ambika Pandit

14 March 2026: Prameya News Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Amendment Bill introduced in Lok Sabha Chinmaya Dehuri

14 March 2026: The Observer Post Union Govt Introduces Transgender Persons Amendment Bill 2026, Removes Self-Perceived Gender Identity Clause; CPI(M) Demands Withdrawal

14 March 2026: The Hindu What are the changes being proposed to Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 | Explained Abhinay Lakshman

14 March 2026: Hindustan Times ‘Self-perceived’ sexual identities not part of new transgender definition bill Subhadra Chatterji

14 March 2026: Gaysi India’s New Transgender Bill Amendment And The Global Rise Of Gender Authoritarianism Tejaswi Subramanian

14 March 2026: Youth ki Away What Bill No.79 Means For India’s Transgender Youth Sahitya Netha

14 March 2026: New Indian Express CPM opposes Transgender Persons Amendment Bill, seeks immediate withdrawal Parvez Sultan

14 March 2026: Deccan Herald ‘Brahmanical concept’: CPI(M) asks Centre to withdraw transgender rights amendment bill Shemin Joy

14 March 2026: The Statesman CPI-M opposes Transgender Persons Amendment Bill, seeks immediate withdrawal

13 March 2026: Deccan Herald Amendment to transgender bill introduced to impose stricter penalty on offences against community

13 March 2026: The Print Transgender amendment bill drops self-perceived identity, adds penalties for coerced identity change Vrinda Tulsa

13 March 2026: Business Line Centre proposes life term for forced transgender conversion; moves to amend 2019 Act Shishir Sinha

13 March 2026: The Economic Times India introduces Bill to provide precise definition of ‘transgender’ in Lok Sabha PTI

13 March 2026: LiveLaw.in Bill To Amend Transgender Persons Act Introduced In Lok Sabha; Seeks To Omit Self-Perceived Identification

13 March 2026: The Hindu Government tables Bill to redefine ‘transgender person’, remove ‘self-perceived’ identity Abhinay Lakshman and Ashna Butani

11 March 2026: CNBC TV18 Cabinet clears proposal to broaden legal definition of transgender persons Srabastee Biswas

11 March 2026: News18 India Moves To Broaden Legal Definition Of Transgender Persons. What Does It Mean? Shobhit Gupta

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