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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Tamil Nadu are the most progressive among all states of India. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Tamil Nadu was the first state in India to introduce a transgender welfare policy, wherein transgender individuals can access free gender affirmation surgery in government hospitals and various other benefits and ...
LGBTQ rights activists from India: This category is for people who have specifically been involved in activism around LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) issues. It should not include LGBTQ people who have been prominent in other areas of activism.
Tamil Nadu is one of the few states in India where activists have been seeking to attack anti-homosexuality laws at a state level. This is due to the nationalist climate of Tamil Nadu, the State's history of supporting reformation in favor of sexual minorities, and its diverging interpretation of the Hindu Marriage Act.
2006: March for transgender rights while legislative assembly is in session in Tamil Nadu, organized by Sangama, THAA, SWAM, and other groups. Catalyzed Tamil Nadu government initiatives for transgender welfare. 2006: Suicide by self-immolation of transgender teenager Pandiammal/Pandian, sexually abused by Chennai police. [5]
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 Parliament of India Long title An Act to provide for protection of rights of transgender persons and their welfare and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. Citation Act No. 40 of 2019 Territorial extent Republic of India Passed by Parliament of India Passed 5 August 2019 Passed 26 November 2019 Assented to 5 December ...
On 29 January 2022, the State Government of Tamil Nadu introduced an amendment to the Tamil Nadu Subordinate Police Officers' Conduct Rules of 1964 by incorporating Rule 24-C. [16] [17] No police officer shall indulge in any act of harassment of any person belonging to the LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual ...
The new law could "lead to further gratuitous violence against LGBT people and their allies," Human Rights Watch warned in March, urging Akufo-Addo to veto it. His seeming reluctance to sign has ...
National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (2014) is a landmark judgement of the Supreme Court of India, which declared transgender people the 'third gender', affirmed that the fundamental rights granted under the Constitution of India will be equally applicable to them, and gave them the right to self-identification of their gender as male, female or third gender.