New Delhi, April 5 -- Most of our participants [in the research we conducted] have expressed that surveillance, both online and physical, has increased in the past few years in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, with the increase in CCTV cameras, the growing number of police personnel, different technologies and app surveillance, face detection techniques, and Regional Transport Office (RTO) rules for scanning barcodes or QR codes on vehicles. These measures have special implications for the lives of transgender persons.

Since many transgender persons do sex work, the increase in cameras, especially in hotspots, has made their lives more difficult. Abha narrated, 'Two-three years ago, we were able to stand together for sex work, and the client wou...