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The New Transgender Bill Pushes India Back In Its Fight For Transgender Rights (www.livelaw.in)

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Last week a bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha to amend the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 [the 2019 Act]. From a bare reading of the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Amendment Bill it appears that there are two primary reasons for introducing the amendment. Firstly, to tighten the definition of “transgender persons” under the Act. And secondly, to scrap the scheme of penalising offences against transgender persons under the 2019 Act, and introduce in its place offences that were documented during the implementation of the 2019 Act.

https://www.livelaw.in/articles/transgender-bill-transgender-rights-fight-527560

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