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New Transgender Bill Will Have Us Believe A Whole, Vibrant Community Does Not Exist

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By Mridula Chari
| Behan Box
IN AS MUCH AS anyone cis is interested in trans lives, there is an established narrative that we all know – we are trans from the time we are young. My closet, however, didn’t have hinges – it was a revolving door that swept me in and out as I tried to articulate the confusion I felt about being different. I no longer remember the first time I realised and denied that I was queer. The call from within existed, but I — and my straight, cis world — was not ready to hear it.
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It took me decades to find myself. The trans bill erases me in one sweep

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By Mridula Chari
| Scroll.in Verified
I don’t write about myself. Not in public, and rarely, if ever, in private. The proposed amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, presented by Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Virendra Kumar in Lok Sabha on March 13 forces my hand, and yet, I find a thrilling freedom in finally coming out and staking a claim to who I am.
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Statement on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026

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By Mridula Chari
| mridulachari.com
I don’t write about myself. Not in public, and rarely, if ever in private. The proposed amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, presented by Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr. Virendra Kumar in the Lok Sabha on 13 March, 2026, forces my hand, and yet, I find a thrilling freedom in finally coming out and staking a claim to who I am.
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