Trans and queer groups take out march in Thrissur against proposed law amendment

A march was taken retired successful Thrissur connected Saturday against the projected amendment to the transgender instrumentality introduced successful the Lok Sabha, with trans and queer rights groups alleging that the changes would undermine self-identification rights and people assemblage enactment structures.

The protestation was organised by a associated enactment committee of transgender and queer quality rights organisations. The Centre connected March 13, 2026 introduced a Bill to amend the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, which takes distant transgender people’s “right to self-perceived sex identity” and alters the explanation of a “transgender person”.

Protesters argued that the amendment, introduced successful the Lok Sabha, would rotation backmost the close of transgender persons to self-determination of individuality and bring successful provisions that could adversely impact assemblage organisations and quality rights platforms that enactment transgender persons.

Though the amendment is being presented arsenic a measurement to fortify the existing Transgender Persons Act, 2019, the protesters said it would successful world contradict rights and protections to a bulk of transgender persons. The march began successful beforehand of the AG bureau adjacent the North Bus Stand and passed done Swaraj Round and the Corporation bureau country earlier concluding successful beforehand of the BSNL office. The protesters aboriginal burnt a transcript of the Bill arsenic a symbolic protest.