Throws our lives out of order: Transgenders oppose amendments to key law
India Today
Proposed changes to the transgender law trigger outrage over exclusion, mandatory certification, and the rollback of self-identification rights.
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.
The bill before parliament would narrow the legal definition of transgender persons to a limited number of traditional socio-cultural identities such as "hijra" and "aravani", terms used for hundreds of years for a third-gender community.
But critics say that the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill excludes trans men and women, nonbinary or gender-fluid people and others who rely on selfidentification.
It would also introduce mandatory certification by medical boards and district magistrates, with additional approvals for those undergoing gender-affirming surgery.
The government says the bill intends to "streamline" the existing framework, plug implementation gaps and better protect vulnerable groups by strengthening penalties for exploitation, forced identity and trafficking.
For transgender students at a makeshift tea stall in New Delhi – many of whom have not even come out to their families – the implications feel overwhelming.
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