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The Union authorities connected Saturday called a gathering with members of the National Council of Transgender Persons (NCTP) amid the backlash implicit the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill that removes the close to a self-perceived sex identity.
The members were told that the gathering was to beryllium held with Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar but the Minister is learnt to person skipped it. Subsequently, officials of the Ministry defended the Bill, citing “non-genuine transgender persons” arsenic 1 of the reasons for limiting the explanation successful the projected legislation.
