This Policy Brief proposes the need for legal recognition of intersex persons and intersex rights,…
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Since 2015 we have engaged in path breaking litigation and law and policy research that shapes the field of transgender rights in India.
The Transgender Rights movement is active in the form of grass roots advocacy, legal research and focused litigation. CLPR has been leading litigation efforts in the Supreme Court and High Courts, providing legal support at the ground-level and creating awareness in the academic and public spheres.
Transform
International Conference on Transgender Rights and the Law.
Transgender Identity & The Law Course
An elective university course on transgender identity and the law.
Publications
Winding Path to Trans Equality (with Jayna Kothari and Tejas Pande)
Bangalore International Centre recorded a podcast with Senior Advocate and Executive Director, CLPR Jayna Kothari where she spoke to Tejus AP about trans rights, important legal judgments in India, the US, and elsewhere in recent years, and the path towards gender equity and inclusion.
Equality Bill 2021: Takes a New Step in Addressing Discrimination, Recognising Intersectionality & Promoting Equality.
CLPR’s draft Equality Bill 2021 takes a new step in addressing discrimination experienced by people on the basis of caste, gender, religion, transgender and intersex identity, disability and other grounds. It aims to promote equality, prohibit different types of discriminatory conduct, provide adequate civil remedies and set up fora for redressal that are accessible and effective in addressing discrimination.
Litigation
Kabeer C alias Aneera v. State of Kerala & Ors.
A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Kerala High Court by Aneera Kabeer, a transgender person involved in mobilising persons in the transgender community for the purpose of achieving equal opportunities for the community. The Petition seeks various reliefs relating to transgender people during period of COVID-19 threat. The writ petition sought for measures by the state government for “the distribution of food ration, medicines, access to medical treatment, etc. to the transgender community in Kerala.”
Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli v. State of Telangana & Ors.
Over the last two weeks, CLPR filed public interest litigation in the Telangana High Court…
Sai Rahul Vijayakumar v. The Registrar, Bharatiyar University & Anr.
The Hon’ble Madras High Court held, with respect to a petition for change of name and gender of a transgender person in educational documents, that on receipt of the application along with the fee of Rs.500, the Respondent No. 1 University should carry out the necessary change within a period of three weeks.
Events
News And Media
Bar and Bench
Transgender Persons Act, 2019 violates the fundamental rights it seeks to protect: Another challenge mounted in Supreme Court
Bar & Bench reported the petition challenging the Transgender Persons Act, 2019 that violates the fundamental right filed by Advocate Anandita Pujari and represented by Senior Counsel Jayna Kothari.
Deccan Chronicle
Madras High Court Reprieve for Three Transgenders
The Deccan Chronicle reports on a recent judgement by the Madras High Court regarding transgender inclusion in the police force. Addressing three writ petitions represented by CLPR, the case dealt with strict upper-age limits for transgender persons applying for the post of grade II police constable.
Deccan Chronicle
Revealing Success Story of a Transgender
The Deccan Chronicle’s Yamuna R. speaks to transgender activist Grace Banu and senior advocate Jayna Kothari regarding transgender rights in India and reservation policies in public employment.
Blog
CLPR | Trans Law Quarterly | Issue I
Putting this newsletter together became a practice of accounting how we gather together, of holding to our greatest capacity as we shrink in the onslaught of terrible abandonment and destruction. We hope that whenever you find the time to peruse through this, it will remind you that we are in this together.
Need for Recognition of Trans Rights in International Human Rights Law
A cursory look at the development of trans rights indicates that the world has made significant progress in addressing the recognition of gender identity rights. These regional and domestic developments do not, however, recompense the reality that transgender persons still suffer some of the most pervasive forms of violence and discrimination. In the absence of concrete universal standards, States are free to formulate laws that grant limited or arbitrary rights to transgender persons.
We don’t want your blood’ exclusion of Sexual Minorities from Blood Donation
In this blog post, Thulasi K. Raj argues that the exclusion of sexual minorities from…
Equality Bill 2021: Takes a New Step in Addressing Discrimination, Recognising Intersectionality & Promoting Equality.
CLPR’s draft Equality Bill 2021 takes a new step in addressing discrimination experienced by people on the basis of caste, gender, religion, transgender and intersex identity, disability and other grounds. It aims to promote equality, prohibit different types of discriminatory conduct, provide adequate civil remedies and set up fora for redressal that are accessible and effective in addressing discrimination.
At the Intersections of Caste and Gender
In this article published by the Thinking Republic, Jayna Kothari, Senior Advocate & Executive Director at Center for Law and Policy Research talks about the intersection of caste and gender highlighting the discrimination faced by Dalit and Adivasi trans persons. She also argues that the urgent for all activists, lawyers, researchers and civil society members to be intersectional in its approach to be able to understand the multidimensional discrimination faced by the persons at the intersections of race, caste, and gender identity.
Trans Equality in India : Affirmation Of The Right To Self-Determination Of Gender
In this paper published by NUJS Law Review, Jayna Kothari, Senior Advocate & Executive Director…
Thangjam Santa Singh @Santa Khurai vs Union of India & Ors.
Santa Khurai, a well-known and prominent transgender rights activist from Manipur filed this Public Interest…
Sangama & Anr v. State of Karnataka
The Petitioners, an organization working for the upliftment of sexual minorities, sex workers and people…
Christina v. State of Karnataka & Ors.
The Petitioner, who is a transgender woman, filed this Petition challenging the inaction of the…
Kabeer C alias Aneera v. State of Kerala & Ors.
A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Kerala High Court by Aneera Kabeer, a transgender person involved in mobilising persons in the transgender community for the purpose of achieving equal opportunities for the community. The Petition seeks various reliefs relating to transgender people during period of COVID-19 threat. The writ petition sought for measures by the state government for “the distribution of food ration, medicines, access to medical treatment, etc. to the transgender community in Kerala.”
05th
Dec 2020
Transform 2020 | 4th International Conference on Transgender Rights and the Law | 5th & 6th December
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Venue Bangalore International Centre (New Building) No. 7, 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560071
Time 9:00 A.M.- 5:00 P.M.
31st
Oct 2020
LGBTQ+ Rights in India ‘Next Steps in Legal Reforms: An Equality Law’
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Venue Online
Time 7:00 P M-8:00 PM
04th
Aug 2020
Live Webinar : “Rights of Intersex Persons: The Need for Legal Recognition”
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Venue Zoom (Online)
Time 4:00 P.M.-5:30 P.M.
03rd
Aug 2020
Exclusion Amplified: Meeting to Present Key Findings
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Venue Zoom (Online)
Time 7:00 P M-8:00 PM
Bar and Bench
Examine how Horizontal Reservation can be provided for Transgender persons in public employment: Karnataka High Court
Bar & Bench reported on the High Court of Karnataka’s order asking the State government…
Live Law
CLPR Organising 4th International Conference On Transgender Rights & the Law [5th & 6th December 2020, Bangalore]
Live Law carried out the press release issued by the Center for Law and Policy Research on the Transform Conference 2020.
Bar and Bench
CLPR to organize TRANSFORM – 4th International Conference on Transgender Rights and the Law on Dec 5, 6
Bar & Bench carried out the press release issued by the Center for Law and Policy Research on the Transform Conference 2020.
Live Law
Karnataka HC Seeks Govt Response On Plea Seeking Horizontal Reservation For Transgenders Instead Of OBC Reservation
Live Law reported on the High Court of Karnataka’s order where the Court sought a response from the State government on an application filed for providing horizontal reservation to Transgender Persons in Public Employment. The applicant submitted that reservation should not be provided under the OBC category but should be provided as a horizontal reservation as a separate special category like the reservation provided for women and persons with disabilities, that can be interlocked with other social categories of vertical reservation of SC/ST/OBC category. The Court gave the direction while hearing the petition filed by Jeeva, represented by Senior Advocate Jayna Kothari and assisted by Almas Shaikh, a Research Associate at CLPR.
CLPR Broadcast | March 2021
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated…
Conversations on Equality, Gender Identity, and Anti-Discrimination at Church Street
On 21st February 2021, the Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) set up a ‘Social Justice Café,’ with equal rights on the menu, at Church Street, Bengaluru from 2:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. The Sunday Church Street frolickers were treated to two parts of the event: Activities designed to raise awareness on transgender rights, right to Equality, and prohibition of discrimination based on race, caste, sex, and religion; and discussion with an esteemed panel of Jayna Kothari, Arvind Narayan, and Sanjay Kabir Bavikatte.
CLPR Broadcast | January 2021
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated…
Transforming Futures: A Report on Transform 2020
TransForm is CLPR’s flagship annual conference to discuss debates on emerging issues on transgender rights and this year it was held on 5th and 6th December 2020.