Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 passed by Lok Sabha
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 has been passed by the Lok Sabha, on Monday. The bill provides the structure for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders by defining their rights to prohibit discrimination against them. The bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on July 19, which is passed by the Lok Sabha on August 5. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1158315622507393025 The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019, was introduced by the Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot, to provide transgender a mechanism for their social, economic and educational empowerment. Earlier, Shashi Tharoor (Congress) wanted to oppose the bill, but his party members were protesting over the political crisis in Karnataka. The draft bill without any latest amendments was approved by the Cabinet on July 17. Also Read: Jammu and Kashmir made a Union Territory, Ladakh, UT without Legislative Assembly According to the bill, a transgender would have the right to choose to be whether identified as a man, woman or transgender, irrespective of sex reassignment surgery and hormonal therapy. The bill also requires the transgender person to go through a district magistrate and district screening committee who will certify them as a trans person. -PTC News
