Early Access September 2. Why Trans People Are Furious About India’s Trans ‘Protection’ Bill (Patreon)

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2019-09-20 08:26:20

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2026-06

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India recently passed its Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, something which should have been great cause for celebration. However the bills contents are so problematic that it has been deemed regressive by India's trans community. From violating India’s Supreme Court ruling on self identification to giving the government the power to seize young trans people and take them away from the few safe communities that exist for them in India, the bill has a lot to answer for.

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Why Trans People Are Furious About India’s Trans ‘Protection’ Bill

Hi, welcome to the Essence Of Thought YouTube channel! *Transcript & Content Warning* https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-MW0gCS4GGFhjga3r4uRxQ0eA2Ty7MLCpwqtpLeyms8/edit?usp=sharing *Quick References* [1] Parliment Of India (2019) "Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019", Parliment Of India Accessed 23rd August 2019; https://www.prsindia.org/sites/default/files/bill_files/The%20Transgender%20Persons%20%28Protection%20of%20Rights%29%20Bill%2C%202019%20Bill%20Text.pdf [2] Human Rights Watch (2019) "India: Transgender Bill Raises Rights Concerns", HRW.org Accessed 30th August 2019; https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/07/23/india-transgender-bill-raises-rights-concerns?fbclid=IwAR10f9gO-XMVvUt7skJp2jOAO9pD6e05fnN7a7ZCLjaOiV_SDnqiAwsnTlA [3] Sampoorna India (2019) "SPWG Statement On Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Bill 2019", SampoornaIndiaBlog.wordpress.com Accessed 30th August 2019; https://sampoornaindiablog.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/spwg-statement-on-transgender-persons-protection-of-rights-bill-2019/?fbclid=IwAR2r7JHCGd-eVJqCNTStaYJTQeM2dSmbx_MnNeLcfuuCv8MfPX5gwBXUGuQ [4] K.S. Radhakrishnan, J. (2014) "National Legal Services Authority Vs Union Of India And Others - Judgment", Supreme Court Of India Accessed 30th August 2019; https://www.lawyerscollective.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Transgender-judgment.pdf [5] Parliament of India (2013) “Indian Penal Code”, ITTK.ac Accessed 17th September 2019; https://www.iitk.ac.in/wc/data/IPC_186045.pdf?fbclid=IwAR16N2zBNL5SsR1mN6OS8QVlyRUQ6JLGfqdMpLI6BW2Wibez9K2l6S02VG4 [6] Neysara (2019) "Trans People Are Calling Out The Indian Transgender Bill | #RapeIsRape ", FeminismInIndia.com Accessed 23rd August 2019; https://feminisminindia.com/2019/08/19/unequal-penalties-indian-transgender-bill/ [7] Rachana Mudraboyina, Sammera Jagirdar, & Philip C. Philip (2019) "A Critique Of Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Bill, 2019", FeminismInIndia.com Accessed 23rd August 2019; https://feminisminindia.com/2019/08/05/critique-transgender-persons-protection-of-rights-bill-2019/ [8] Pallavi Pundir (2019) "Transgender People Tell Us Why India's Newly Proposed Rape Laws are Discriminatory", Vice.com Accessed 16th September 2019; https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/bjwjbd/transgender-queer-people-tell-us-why-indias-newly-proposed-rape-laws-lgbt-are-discriminatory [9] Chaitanya Mallapur (2019) "Why New Bill Meant To Benefit Transgender People Is Termed Regressive", IndiaSpend.com Accessed 18th September 2019; https://www.indiaspend.com/why-new-bill-meant-to-benefit-transgender-people-is-termed-regressive/ Please help support us and our work! http://www.patreon.com/EssenceOfThought Feel free to follow us on FB, Twitter & Instgram! https://www.facebook.com/EssenceOfThought https://twitter.com/EssenceOfTweet https://www.instagram.com/essenceofproduction/ Art commissioned from M N Starr; https://twitter.com/M_NStarr (Views expressed in this video do not reflect on the views of M N Starr) All music used has been paid for as part of a royalty free license agreement; https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw4LGQ531oabLWU1TDV2SWszZEE