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Like Indian Penal Code, the BNS retains the marital rape exception. It retains the value laden phrase ‘outraging the modesty of women’ instead of replacing it with the gender-neutral term ‘sexual assault’. [7] It provides inadequate protection to victims of non-consensual intimate imagery. [8]
On November 1, 2024, The Self-Determination Act came into force, repealing the Transsexual Law (TSG) and amending the Third Gender Law to allow the legal recognition of non-intersex non-binary people as "diverse". Persons aged 14 to 18 years can change their gender on government documents in the presence of their parents.
The other demands raised were gender neutral laws, rehabilitation of men who were acquitted, speedy trials of the accused languishing in custody, and equal rights in child custody. The National Coalition for Men met with political parties across India to urge them to include men's rights in their manifestos. [27]
After the first gender-affirming care ban for minors became law in 2021, a flurry of states passed similar measures. Gender-affirming care was a particularly hot-button topic for lawmakers on both ...
Michael M. v. Superior Court of Sonoma County, 450 U.S. 464 (1981), was a United States Supreme Court case over the issue of gender bias in statutory rape laws. The petitioner argued that the statutory rape law discriminated based on gender and was unconstitutional.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Saturday that requires gender-neutral bathrooms in all of California's K-12 schools. (Toby Talbot/AP) For the record: 4:44 p.m. Sept. 24, 2023: ...
States across the country will ring in the new year with laws set to take effect throughout 2024 about issues like gun violence, book bans and gender-neutral toy sections.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 February 2025. Gender identity as neither man nor woman Part of a series on Transgender topics Outline History Timeline Gender identities Androgyne Bissu, Calabai, Calalai Burrnesha Cisgender Gender bender Hijra Non-binary or genderqueer Gender fluidity Kathoey Koekchuch Third gender Bakla Faʻafafine ...