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This episode explores the journey of trans rights in India, from community-led movements and legal milestones like NALSA to the persistent gap between recognition and lived reality. Through conversations on stigma, exclusion, internal hierarchies, and policy failures, it asks what truly inclusive, dignity-centered policy should look like today, especially in the context of the new amendment bill.
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https://youtu.be/_eq9XHAPMjY?si=ruJ9a5sqWhBhcBqw
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3o2V2fpGRUnVHJQvAwIJ9a?si=J9EtGJmuSIawPLWDmuDTLg
https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/to-be-seen-to-be-heard-trans-lives-with-pratyay-malakar-ep-9/id1790890845?i=1000765894811
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Please find below the entire transcript of the episode.
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National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India (NALSA Judgment, 2014) https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/National-Legal-Services-Authority-v.-Union-of-India.pdf
ICJ Advocacy Brief on NALSA https://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/India-QA-NALSA-Advocacy-Analysis-brief-2016-ENG.pdf
PRS Legislative Research – Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-transgender-persons-protection-of-rights-bill-2019
PRS Legislative Research – Transgender Persons Amendment Bill, 2026 https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-transgender-persons-protection-of-rights-amendment-bill-2026
Supreme Court Observer – Challenge to Transgender Persons Act https://www.scobserver.in/reports/swati-bidhan-baruah-union-of-india-challenges-to-transgender-persons-act-writ-petition-summary-grace-banu/
Constitution of India (Fundamental Rights) https://www.constitutionofindia.net