Don'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 ArticleWhat it means to be transgender: A guide to a modern civil rights issue
It’s the latest fight in LGBTQ battlegrounds across the world: transgender rights. From Caitlyn Jenner’s gender transitioning to the battle over bathroom access, transgender news is flooding the...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
View ArticleVaiko hopes DMDK will join hands with PWF
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has been hijacked by the corporate, Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Vaiko has alleged. Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Mr. Vaiko said...
View ArticleFirst ever data on US transgender surgeries reveals huge surge in demand:...
The first ever data on gender reassignment surgeries in the United States shows demand is skyrocketing. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons found a nearly 20 percent increase in vaginoplasties,...
View ArticleTamil Nadu Elections 2016: Here's a quick look at the key parties, alliances...
--> Alliances have changed and so have equations between party leaders in Tamil Nadu for the upcoming elections. The 2016 Tamil Nadu polls have been touted as a multi-cornered contest with so many...
View ArticleJ Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): The doughty fighter who earned her place in the...
At the funeral of the iconic MG Ramachandran, the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, in 1987, a solitary woman stood her ground behind his mortal remains. The sadness was writ large on the face of the...
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