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Transgender people's achievements in India

By: Dr. Amitharani.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Third Concept Description: 39(462), Aug, 2025: p.23-26.Subject(s): Transgender, social exclusion, challenges, violence, IndiaSummary: A range of international and regional mechanisms protects the rights of transgender people. Yet, disciplinary national laws, policies, and practices targeting transgender people, including complex procedures for changing identification documents, strip transgender people of their rights and limit access to justice. These results will help to achieve transgender dreams. Transender people's experience in India is that of extreme Social exclusion that translates into increased vulnerability to HIV, other diseases, including mental health conditions, limited access to education and employment, and loss of opportunities for economic and social advancement. In addition, hatred, and aggression towards a group of individuals who donot conformto social norms around gender manifest in infrequent episodes of extreme violence towards transgender people. This violence often goes unpunished, but these achievers avoided this type of violence and achieved a milestone in their lives. Instead of respecting these people, society looks at them with pity. Nevertheless, they have risen despite all the biases and challenges that the social structure creates in their growth, and have made a name for themselves across many domains. - Reproduced
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A range of international and regional mechanisms protects the rights of transgender people. Yet, disciplinary national laws, policies, and practices targeting transgender people, including complex procedures for changing identification documents, strip transgender people of their rights and limit access to justice. These results will help to achieve transgender dreams. Transender people's experience in India is that of extreme Social exclusion that translates into increased vulnerability to HIV, other diseases, including mental health conditions, limited access to education and employment, and loss of opportunities for economic and social advancement. In addition, hatred, and aggression towards a group of individuals who donot conformto social norms around gender manifest in infrequent episodes of extreme violence towards transgender people. This violence often goes unpunished, but these achievers avoided this type of violence and achieved a milestone in their lives. Instead of respecting these people, society looks at them with pity. Nevertheless, they have risen despite all the biases and challenges that the social structure creates in their growth, and have made a name for themselves across many domains. - Reproduced

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