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Parliament passes Bill to protect rights of transgenders
This bill comes in succession of the other gender and sexuality related bills showing the Hindutva party BJP taking a drastic shift from its long held conservative views on such issues.
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New Delhi, Nov 26 (PTI) The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill on protection of rights of transgenders after a motion to refer it to a Select Committee of the Upper House was defeated.
The Lok Sabha had passed the Bill on August 5 this year.
The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019, seeks to provide a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders and was moved for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on November 20.
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