Chandigarh, March 22 -- Opposing the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their supporters staged a protest at Sector 17 plaza on Saturday. They termed the Bill an "assault" on the rights of transgender persons.

The protesters said the Bill, listed for discussion in the Lok Sabha next week, must be opposed by the MPs. "The proposed amendments to the 2019 law take away the right to self-identification enshrined in the landmark NALSA judgment and violates privacy and bodily autonomy," said Yashika, a Dalit transgender activist and a PhD scholar at Panjab University.

"The Bill only recognises traditional identities, like kinner and intersex persons. Instead of offering horiz...