Latest National Council for Transgender Persons News & Updates

New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Congress Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, on Wednesday, urged the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government to send the recently introduced Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill (FCRA), 2026, to a Select or Standing Committee. He also cautioned the government not to pass the Bill in haste.Speaking to reporters outside the Parliament, Singhvi said, “The legacy and past history of this (NDA) government and the ruling party (BJ…

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 (IANS) The Joint Action Committee on Transgender and LGBTIQ+ Rights in Keralam along with national collectives and community organisations, on Thursday, opposed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, describing it as regressive, exclusionary, and unconstitutional. At the heart of the opposition is the Bill’s removal of the right to self-perceived gender identity, transferring the authority from the individual to state-appointed…