Multi-layered exclusions for trans persons in Assam NRC process
By Shivalal Gautam
Look at the NRC exercise from trans persons’ points of view, urges Shivalal Gautam
Tagged Under: Transphobia
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May '19Trans participation in Manipur for Lok Sabha polls – some hits, many misses
By Bonita Pebam
Trans inclusion in the election process in Manipur needs far more thought, says Bonita Pebam
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Dec '18Alienation, mindfulness and the New Year
By Pawan Dhall
Some ruminations as 2019 takes off from where 2018 never stopped . . .
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Dec '18Cruel déjà vu on transgender rights legislation
By Pawan Dhall
Anger erupts against Bill on transgender rights passed by Lok Sabha at Kolkata media conference
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Dec '18On recovering from effects of incest and child sexual abuse
By RAHI Foundation
RAHI Foundation continues to answer your queries on incest and child sexual abuse
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Oct '18Rainbow pride debut wins hearts in Shillong, trumps rain and public hostility
By Shivalal Gautam
Shillong witnessed its first pride walk just a week after the Section 377 verdict. Shivalal Gautam reports
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Sep '18About constitutional love and great expectations
By Pawan Dhall
High fives and hugs yes, but the Section 377 verdict is by no means about closures!
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Jul '18Badly bent
By Rajib Chakrabarti
Rajib Chakrabarti on the twistedness implicit in straightening out the non-linear
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Qatha: On the uses of ‘sil-batta’ to make you straight & more queer tales (part 1)
By Pawan Dhall, Soma Roy Karmakar
Varta brings you the next series of articles under the ‘Queer Kolkata Oral History Project’ This is an initiative to document five decades...
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Jun '18Systemic (trans)gender injustice yet again!
By Santa Khurai
Santa Khurai narrates medical doctor Beyonce’s struggles around her transgender identity My name is Boboi Laishram but my other people know me as Beyonce, which is my preferred name. I’m...
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Dec '17Toilets: Inclusive, safe and universally designed
By Pawan Dhall
To pee or not to pee – in a public toilet! Till this day any decision in this regard has sometimes to be taken even before I have left home....
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Dec '17Pushback against wrongs in Bill on transgender rights
By Sayantan Datta
The campaign against the regressive Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016 is not just an unprecedented mobilization of trans communities to resist the exclusionary nature of our legal system,...
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Dec '17In rage, and in hope, we fight
By Ajita Banerjie
Delhi witnesses a collective voice of dissent against the central government’s Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016. Ajita Banerjie reports Delhi, December 17, 2017: “Reservations nahin diye, aur rozi roti bhi...
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Dec '17‘Transgender Day of Rage’ to mark Kolkata pride
By Kolkata Rainbow Pride Festival, Siddhartha Sankar
The 16th edition of the ‘Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk’ is planned for December 10, 2017. The walk will be preceded by a protest against the discriminatory Transgender Person (Protection of...
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Nov '17Down, but not out!
By Pawan Dhall
Three of the articles in this issue of Varta talk about the continued hardships faced by transgender and intersex people in India. All jab us in the eye at how far...