The proposed legislation (Surrogacy Bill) uses the word ‘women’ throughout whereas access to safe abortions is critical for transgender – a Bill that the Government has just passed giving them rights as individuals – inter-sex and gender diverse persons. Therefore, I suggest that the word ‘women’ should be replaced by ‘persons’.
Ritesh Pandey
Ambedkar Nagar
Uttar Pradesh
Bahujan Samaj Party
REPORT CARD
Spoke up on Trans Rights | Spoke up on LGBTQIA+ Rights | Opposed Section 377 | Supported Section 377 | Pushed to Amend Trans Act | Supported Regressive Trans Act | Homophobia/ Transphobia |
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✓ | ✓ |
Remember: MPs who have spoken up on LGBTQIA+ rights or trans* rights are not automatically queer-friendly MPs. State of the QUnion is not meant to celebrate those who have spoken up for equal rights but is rather meant to be a platform for accountability to demand action from our elected representatives. We must interrogate their views on caste, religion, gender, and other axes of marginalisation in addition to their party's stance on these issues. See this post on pinkwashing for more details.