Ishu

teacher/student. || I am not a serious person.

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[Rainbow Literature Festival @RainbowLitFest]

On Lesbian Visibility Day, Maya Sharma reflects on relationships between women in rural India—often unnamed, yet deeply lived.

These lives have always existed—now being seen.

#LesbianVisibilityDay #LesbianUnerased

[Aakar Patel @Aakar__Patel]

voice of global south has sore throat it seems

[Gautam Bhatia @gautambhatia88]

This is incredibly disappointing to see, but also not surprising - it’s just visible evidence of how broken constitutional litigation is in India, and has been for a while (and why, after every law, people beg others not to rush to the SC - but to no avail).

Brief 🧵.

[Renuka Chowdhury @RenukaCCongress]

Yesterday, I was overwhelmed by the support I received for my speech in Parliament. Many of you shared it widely, I had not posted it myself. I am now sharing the full speech again so those who missed it can watch how this government is excluding and targeting some of the most marginalised sections of our society.

The fight will continue. We will not allow the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community and transgender persons to be diluted, and we will ensure that their dignity, identity, and constitutional protections remain intact.

This Bill is a double assault on the transgender community’s dignity and rights:

• While every MP in Parliament self declares their gender without scrutiny, transgender citizens are being forced to prove their identity before a medical board and the District Magistrate

• From childhood, we are boxed into blue for boys and pink for girls, but identity is deeply personal and constitutionally protected

• At a time when the LGBTQIA+ community is still fighting for recognition of same sex marriage, this government is taking us backwards by removing even the right to self identification

• No meaningful consultation with the transgender community or stakeholders, despite Supreme Court led processes

• The Bill invades privacy, enables discrimination, and opens the door to criminalisation

This is not reform, this is regression. Not protection, but policing of identity.

As Mahatma Gandhi reminded us, “The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.”

[ana @franzkaque]

that being said

[Congress @INCIndia]

👉 Did the Centre hold any kind of consultation or discussion with the transgender community?

👉 I request that the government respect the existing NALSA judgement of the Supreme Court.

👉 Have the courage to stand up and say, “Yes, this was a mistake, and the Bill will not be brought forward.”

Listen to @RenukaCCongress ji’s address in the Rajya Sabha on the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026

[Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale]

A Trans Man is a MAN.
A Trans Woman is a WOMAN.

I OPPOSED the draconian Transgender Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha today.

It is a pure unbridled EVIL act by the Modi Govt & and an attack on the basic rights of transpersons.

Today is a day of shame.

[Yes, We Exist 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @YesWeExistIndia]

“I challenge you, not even 5 MPs here would be able to explain what LGBTQIA+ means. Why should people without this knowledge be allowed to make this Bill? This Bill must be sent to a select committee.” - Rajya Sabha MP from INC Telangana @RenukaCCongress

[Sophie கண்ணு ☽☾☭🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔻 @funny_fag]

https://t.co/l17LZr25iv

A Supreme Court-constituted Advisory Committee headed by former Delhi High Court judge Justice Asha Menon has sent a resolution to the Government of India, requesting that the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, be withdrawn -

[GRACE BANU @thirunangai]

Our battle is not going to end.

Jaibhim..!

[GRACE BANU @thirunangai]

Today, we met the Honorable Members of Parliament @RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi and @jothims We discussed the current transgender bill. They listened to our community's representation with great interest. Rahul ji fully supported our demand and said he and his party stand with us. Special thank you to Priyanka ji and Jothimani ji for their solidarity.

#rejecttransbill2026 #nogoingback

[Rahul Gandhi @RahulGandhi]

The BJP government’s Transgender Persons Amendment Bill is a brazen attack on the Constitutional rights and identity of transgender people.

This regressive bill:
- strips transgender people of their ability to self identify, violating a Supreme Court judgement
- ⁠wipes out the diverse cultural identities of communities across India
- ⁠forces trans people to undergo dehumanizing examinations by a medical board
- ⁠introduces criminal penalties and surveillance without safeguards

The BJP government hasn’t consulted the trans community and brought a bill which stigmatises rather than protects them.

The Constitution protects every Indian’s right to life, liberty, identity, and dignity. This BJP government is violating our Constitution and destroying India’s rich history of honouring transgender communities in pursuit of its narrow ideas.

The Congress Party unequivocally opposes this Bill.

[GRACE BANU @thirunangai]

Withdraw the 2026 Trans Amendment Bill.

Not revise. Not review. Not send to committee. Withdraw it entirely. Anything less is negotiating with erasure.

#WithdrawTransBill2026 #LGBTQIA #TransRightsAreHumanRights

@Drvirendrakum13 @rashtrapatibhvn

[Tankie Feardrop ⚧︎ @xinlichuupreme]

THE DRAVIDIAN MOVEMENT STANDS WITH HUMANITY AND STANDS WITH TRANS PEOPLE
#rejectbill79 #rejecttransbill2026 #nogoingback
@ThamizhachiTh

[Rika @leninwadi]

"We don't want your welfare. We want our rights! Self identification is our right!" Grace Banu

#rejecttransbill2026 #NoGoingBack

[Prakash Ambedkar @Prksh_Ambedkar]

We, the members of the @VBAforIndia express grave concerns and strong opposition to the proposed legislative amendments to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights), 2019 being sought through the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026.

The proposed amendments restructures the existing law in a manner that weakens legal recognition, restricts access to identity by undermining self-determination, introduces a medicalised framework, infringes upon privacy, and incorporates provisions that further stigmatises and criminalises the transgender community by incorporating social notions and stereotypes.

The proposed amendments, if enacted, will nullify the very limited progress made in transgender rights, welfare, and reverse decades of advocacy for recognition, dignity, self-respect, inclusion, justice and empowerment for the transgender persons.

The members of the VBA call for the withdrawal of the Bill with immediate effect as it is draconian, repressive, unconstitutional, arbitrary, and, most importantly, inhumane.

We emailed our objections to @MSJEGOI and @Drvirendrakum13.

#RejectTransBill2026

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[Yes, We Exist 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @YesWeExistIndia]

MP Manoj Kumar Jha, Renuka Chowdhury, John Brittas, NCP-SP Spokesperson Anish Gawande, Dalit & Trans Rights activists Grace Banu and several other community member — Krishanu, Tan, Nikunj, Samar, Abigail, etc. raised their voice to #RejectTransBill2026 at a Public Hearing, Delhi

[Shafali @shafali_c]

The Bill jeopardises safety and legal protection of a large section of all already marginalised transgender community

Transgender, queer groups oppose amendment bill, demand immediate withdrawal

#RejectTransBill2026

[Yes, We Exist 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @YesWeExistIndia]

Here's how the Ministry of Social Justice treated the National Council for Trans Persons, today.

[SAGA UOH @sagauoh]

Withdraw the 2026 Trans Amendment Bill.

Not revise. Not review. Not send to committee. Withdraw it entirely. Anything less is negotiating with erasure.
#WithdrawTransBill2026 #LGBTQIA #TransRightsAreHumanRights