more-inAn effort to bring transgender persons out of the shadows is on with the Kochi Metro, followed by the Chennai Metro, hiring them in their workforce. But the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 is still pending in Parliament. It also seeks to issue a certificate of identity to transgender persons, provide for a grievance redressal mechanism in establishments and to establish a National Council for Transgenders. However, the Bill does not address the issue of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. The Bill does not separately define any of these terms used, like for example, “trans-men” and “trans-women”.

Source: The Hindu July 13, 2017 18:33 UTC