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Trans Rights
LGBTQIA+ Rights
Queerphobia
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Our Hon'ble PM Modi recently told his party MPs to reach out to the transgender community in their respective constituencies. This is possibly the first time the BJP leader has reached out to the community, often ostracized by society and shut out from jobs and education opportunities.

Poonamben Maadam

Jamnagar

Gujarat

Bharatiya Janata 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

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.

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Trans Act

Write to the Ministry of Social Justice to amend the regressive Transgender Rights Act Rules.

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