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The Transgender Rights Movement in India
The Transgender Rights Movement in India
Transgender Rights
Movement
A short summary of
India's quest to revive
what colonialism
ravaged.
A Brief Overview of the transgender
community in India
5 Isolation in mainstream
society
Recognition of
transgenders as a
third gender is not a
social or medical
issue, but a human
rights issue.”
-The Supreme Court of India
April 15, 2014
Legal Recognition
NALSA (2014)
Protection of
National Legal
Rights Bill
Services Authority (2019)
Judgement
Transgenderism in Major
Religions
Hinduism had “Tritiya A quote from the Bible, The Quran says that God
Prakriti’ gods like specifically Matthew created every species
Pushpadanta, with both 19:12, where Jesus talks including human beings
male and female about different types of in pairs. This suggests
attributes eunuchs. that all the species have
only two genders.
The Battle
Against
Patriarchy
And how patriarchy views feminity
as a weakness
Conclusion
Impact on the overall LGBTQ movement