The Lok Sabha has passed a bill to amend the law on protection and rights of transgender persons. The legislation seeks to exclude sexual orientation from the ambit of the statute and provides for graded punishment based on the gravity of harm inflicted on transgender people. Opposition parties strongly opposed the bill, arguing it violated the basic principle of the right to human dignity. BJP and allied parties supported the bill, stating that self-identification could lead to people claiming transgender identity to access reservations if introduced in the future. Civil rights activists, transgender activists and opposition members had hoped the bill would be referred to a standing committee, but it was passed in the Lok Sabha without this step. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi met with the transgender community who expressed concerns that the bill was passed without consultation with the section it pertains to. The bill now needs to clear the Rajya Sabha, where the government has a clear majority.
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