Transgender rights Bill: Minister ‘skips’ key meeting with NCTP members

The Union authorities on Saturday known as a gathering with participants of the Nationwide Council of Transgender Persons (NCTP) amid the backlash over the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Modification Invoice that eliminates the acceptable to a self-perceived gender identity.

The participants were told that the meeting used to be to be held with Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar however the Minister is learnt to possess skipped it. Therefore, officials of the Ministry defended the Invoice, citing “non-precise transgender persons” as one amongst the causes for limiting the definition within the proposed rules.