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Transgenders: The Outcasts of South Asia Prisons

Transgenders: The Outcasts of South Asia Prisons

Mar 12, 2021, at 07:32 pm

In South Asian countries like India and Pakistan, the judgments from apex courts declare self-determination of gender identity by trans people as fundamental to gender recognition. However, the right to self-determination of gender is not yet realised for transgender persons admitted to prisons.  Sai Bourothu writes

A major win for transgender rights: UN health agency drops ‘gender identity disorder’, as official diagnosis

A major win for transgender rights: UN health agency drops ‘gender identity disorder’, as official diagnosis

May 31, 2019, at 09:21 am

New York, May 31 (IBNS): “To reflect critical advances in science and medicine”, the World Health Organization, WHO, has removed so-called “gender identity disorder” from its official manual of diagnoses, which is being hailed as a major win for transgender rights.

Donald Trump bans transgender people from 'serving' military

Donald Trump bans transgender people from 'serving' military

Jul 27, 2017, at 01:30 am

Washington, July 26 (IBNS): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that transgender people will no more be able to serve the country's defence forces.