The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 Has Been passed by the Lok Sabha in August 2019. In accordance with the 2011 Census, there are over 4.80 lakh transgenders from the nation. These peoples tend to be discriminated upon and humiliated in public for being transgender. The Bill defines a transgender person as a person whose gender doesn't match the gender assigned at birth. It features trans-men and trans-women, persons using intersex variants, gender-queers, and individuals using socio-cultural identities, such as linear and hijra.