College 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 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 ArticleFeminism and Trans Women
In the early 21st century, the issue of the relationship of feminism and trans people has developed in several different directions.Gender Gender has come to be used to describe the social identity of...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleIndia'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 ArticlePanneerselvam worked against Amma's govt.: TN CM Palanisami
[India], Feb. 18 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisami on Saturday lashed out at former state chief minister O. Paneerselvam, saying that the latter worked against late J....
View ArticleOPS worked against Amma, her real supporters have won: Palanisamy
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy on Saturday lashed out at former CM O Paneerselvam, saying that the latter worked against late J Jayalalithaa's government. "Everybody watched...
View ArticlePanneerselvam worked against Amma's govt. TN CM Palanisami
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palanisami on Saturday lashed out at former state chief minister O. Paneerselvam, saying that the latter worked against late J. Jayalalithaa?s government....
View ArticleThree things I’ve learned about the real meaning of gender equality
When I started an NGO for gender equality, there was much I didn’t know. Here’s what I discovered...
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 ArticleI am genderqueer - comfortable with my identity at last
When I was five years old, I hid in our spare bathroom and tried to wee standing up. After all, that’s how all my friends did it. Except me; I had to sit down. This upset me. I just wanted to be like...
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...
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