On 3rd April 2017, Daily News and Analysis reported that India has its First Transgender Sub-Inspector, K. Prithika Yashini. The journey to become a police officer was a difficult one for the 26 year old. She faced her family’s caustic reaction to her identity and then she fought a system Read more…
Kalki Subramaniam is a transgender rights activist, artist, actor, writer and entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu. In 2008, she founded the Sahodari Foundation, an organization that advocates for transgender people in India. Sahodari had started out as a magazine and later became institutionalized through establishment of NGO. She has post graduate degrees in Mass Communication and in International Relations. In Read more…
Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was introduced in the year 1860, at the time of the British rule in India. India has unfortunately inherited the colonial legacy of alienating those who are different from the mainstream norm. This legacy is similar to the caste-based hierarchical and feudal Read more…