Research Associate, Deekshitha Ganesan spoke about the provision of employment in formal public and private spheres for transgender persons, in the context of the NALSA decision, at the launch of “Arise”, by Solidarity Foundation.

She talked about generating employment opportunities for transgender persons in the public and the private sector and on the relationship between self-identification of gender identity and employment. In particular, she spoke about how NALSA privileges self-identification of gender identity notwithstanding the completion of any surgical or medical procedures and therefore, undergoing sex re-assignment surgery is no longer a pre-requisite for recognising change in gender identity.