Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2019
The Transgender Persons (TG Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019, seeks to provide a mechanism for social, economic and educational empowerment of transgenders and was moved for consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on November 20. The transbill was cleared despite the opposition’s efforts to send the bill to the select committee. The government got 74 votes defeating the opposition motion, which only garnered 55 votes.