Your Trolliest, Least Politically Correct Questions About Trans Identities,...
As Slate’s primary comment moderator, I see a lot of rude, poorly worded, or clueless questions about transgender people. Sometimes they are even sincere! Although all these questions have answers,...
View ArticleFirst trans fest set to break gender barriers
An upcoming festival in Bengaluru will showcase the best of transgender talent - from spoken word, to dance and drama Narthaki Nataraj is among the most visible dancers on Chennai's culture circuit....
View ArticleTransgender development board set up with Manabi as vice-chief
KOLKATA: Post the appointment of Manabi Bandopadhyay as the first transgender principal of a college in India comes the news of her selection as the vice chairman of the state's Transgender Development...
View ArticleCollege Transgender Policies Clash Over What It Means To Be a Woman
Share Tweet Share Send Link Columbia University’s Barnard College became the last of the highly regarded “Seven Sisters” colleges in the United States to accept admissions from transgender women last...
View ArticleDon't want to be the third gender, say transgenders
--> Amrita Madhukalya | Mon, 25 Jul 2016-06:51am , dna Transgenders feel that trans people being identified as a third gender defeats the very purpose of coming out. When Shanthi, 65, first came out...
View ArticleTime for ‘trans’formation
Sitara Begum, a transwoman and B.Ed graduate from Nellore, was denied a shot at District Selection Committee (DSC) examination, 2014, as the application form had no slot for the third gender. Her...
View Article'Not a tomboy, a lesbian or a Hijra but a transman'
‘Whenever laws and bills in India are passed regarding transgender rights, transmen are almost never called to the discussion table. So what can I, a transman expect? Sometimes I feel I am in ‘No Man's...
View ArticleThey still lead marginalized lives
KOCHI: In November 2015, Kerala became the first state in the country to announce a policy for transgender people. But that has not made the life of this marginalized community any better. Many people...
View ArticleClose Encounters of a Third Gender
At the beginning of the 2015-16 school year, Harvard University announced that students would be able to choose from a list of gender-neutral pronouns such as "ze,""hir" and "hirs." While advocates...
View ArticleWhat Makes a Woman? A Trans Woman Responds to a First Wave Feminist
A part of me winced, too. While I have not been living as my authentic self as long as Ms. Burkett has, I have been a life-long feminist. I've lived through the three waves of feminism of the modern...
View Article'2015's been a great year for trans and transgender folk'
Hasn’t it been a great one! It has been a year where transgender folk have been talked about. Thousands of people have read articles, seen TV shows and interviews and had conversations about...
View ArticleTransgender vs Hijra debate hots up
After the Supreme Court officially granted them the category of Third sex on April 15 last year, one thought there would be jubilation and new-found solidarity in the transgender ranks as they claim...
View ArticleBihar's brand new backward class
Bihar's got a brand new 'backward class'. One that's been kicked around for centuries. On Tuesday, the state government formally placed transgender people (the third gender category) in annexure II-...
View ArticleSex Survey Names 33 Kinds Of Gender Identity, Suggesting It Is 'More Nuanced'...
A sex survey from researchers in Australia is offering 33 answers when participants are asked to define their gender identity. Academics at The Queensland University of Technology created the anonymous...
View ArticleIdentity crisis: India's trans community loth to embrace third-gender status
A continued lack of acceptance and opportunity means India’s hijras are often reluctant to take advantage of a 2014 law permitting a formal change of identity...
View ArticleChaos in Congress, DMK alliance over seat-sharing
Barely within a day after the Congress and the DMK in Tamil Nadu clinching a deal for the forthcoming elections, identifying constituencies seems to have run into rough weather. It is...
View ArticleSarubala joins AIADMK
Former Tiruchi Mayor Sarubala R. Tondaiman who quit the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) last month joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Wednesday. Along with Ms. Sarubala,...
View ArticleUse of race in political party's name not objectionable: Election Commission
--> Sat, 17 Sep 2016-08:25pm , New Delhi , PTI A plea filed had sought direction from EC to parties such as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam as they contain the...
View ArticleDMK poaching MDMK cadre, says Vaiko
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Vaiko has accused Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader M.K. Stalin of poaching his partymen with the promise of ticket for contesting the Assembly...
View ArticleCandidates see green shoots in an arid constituency
Scanty rainfall over the past decade, poor irrigation infrastructure, and the long-pending proposal on Cauvery-Gundar rivers inter-linking project are some major issues that have come to the fore in...
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