transgender rights

'Landmark step': Transgender persons to get 'special healthcare benefits', says govt

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya hailed the step to provide composite health package for transgender persons as one of its kind in the country.

Aug 24, 2022, 19:42 PM IST

Provide separate toilets for transgenders in new buildings: High Court to Delhi government

A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi, which was hearing a PIL seeking separate washrooms for the third gender, sought a status report from the Delhi government on the steps taken by it to build separate toilets for transgender persons and the number of such facilities created.

Apr 21, 2022, 21:30 PM IST

Transsexualism will no longer be treated as a 'mental disorder': World Health Organization

This comes about 40 years after WHO stopped treating homosexuality as a disorder.

Jun 21, 2018, 11:38 AM IST

In Argentina, 60-yr-old man officially becomes a 'she' just to retire early

While women retire at 60 in Argentina, men have to retire at 65 to get the same pension benefits.

Mar 26, 2018, 21:01 PM IST

Bills on Triple Talaq, transgender rights listed for Winter Session of Parliament

A bill to provide Muslim women the right to seek maintenance from the ex-spouse after divorce, among other proposed legislations, are listed for taking up during Parliament's Winter Session starting on Friday.

Dec 14, 2017, 00:47 AM IST