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Draft of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020
Why is it news?
- Union Cabinet has notified latest Draft of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020 under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.
Details:
- Under earlier rules medical examination for trans persons applying for a certificate of identity was required.
- This was opposed by transgender community was against the right to self-identification.
- New rules mandate that a District Magistrate would issue a transgender identity certificate and card based on an affidavit by the applicant, “but without any medical examination”.
- Trans persons would be required to fill out a form and submit an affidavit saying they perceive themselves to be “a transgender person whose gender does not match with the gender assigned at birth”.