India, March 17 -- Members of the Transgender community sought the withdrawal of the recently-tabled Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, stating that it by confusing persons with intersex and differences of sexual development (DSD) variations with gender identities that fall in the transgender umbrella, it significantly narrowed the ambit of the existing law that was passed in 2019 to ensure the rights and entitlements of transgender persons in the country.

The bill violates the right to self-determine one's gender, as well as the right to privacy granted by the Supreme Court of India in judgements passed in 2014 and 2017, and would also create divisions within the community, activists, lawyers and civil soci...