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In July 2014, Kochi hosted the 5th All-Kerala Queer Pride Parade was held. [98] It was organised by Queerala (a support group for the LGBTQ community) and Sahayathrika (a rights organisation for lesbian and bisexual women in Kerala). [99] In September 2014, Sushant Divgikar, the winner of Mr Gay India 2014, participated in the Bigg Boss reality ...
Hinduism describes a third gender that is equal to other genders and documentation of the third gender are found in ancient Hindu and Buddhist medical texts. [1] The Kamasutra mentions Hijras and relations with them, [2] and there are several Hindu temples which have carvings that depict both men and women engaging in sexual acts with Hijras. [3]
Union of India, the Supreme Court held that discrimination on the basis of gender identity is constitutionally prohibited. [150] Transgender women helping police in Maharashtra. Gender identity, in our view, is an integral part of sex and no citizen can be discriminated on the ground of gender identity, including those who identify as third gender.
Timothy Murphy writes that LGBT themes are often ignored by "heterosexist scholars", and even early investigations into sexual minorities in Hindu culture failed to analyse stories or artwork depicting same-sex sexual acts between mythological beings. Murphy describes the study of LGBT topics in Hindu culture as "still in their infancy". [46]
Queer/lgbtqia+ groups in India come in many forms and operate under various organizational structures: some are social and/or support groups with several regulars who act as conveners and may help provide structure by, for example, setting conversation topics for each week's meeting; other groups identify specifically as "collectives" perhaps ...
Body integrity identity disorder; World Professional Association for Transgender Health. Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People; Transgender health care. Puberty blocker; Transgender voice therapy; Gender-affirming hormone therapy. Feminizing hormone therapy; Masculinizing hormone therapy; Gender-affirming surgery
A suburban Atlanta school board has voted to terminate the contract of a teacher who read a book about gender identity to gifted fifth-graders – the latest salvo in a nationwide clash over how ...
A central table of community discussions on gender identity from throughout Wikipedia. For anyone interested in discussing or changing our gender identity guidelines, it's helpful to become familiar with prior discussions on the topic. The Sitewide forum column indicates when a discussion was done via a sitewide-consensus forum. Either the ...