The Sexual is Political: Consent and the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
This article talks about transgender persons (protection of rights act) 2019. It also talks about task performed by the social contract. What it talks about under social construct, is that it ties citizens subject to the state. It analysis this act under the umbrella of consent, it says that consent is really important it lets one choose something freely. It criticizes the act it says it takes away the right to be a citizen by taking away their ability to consent.
It also describes the act denies a trans person to determine their own gender. this act has also been said to be a violation of NALSA v Union of India, it gave trans persons the right to actually determine themselves. Because of this act, the trans people cannot testify themselves. There are no reservations or trans people anywhere be it education, in India because of this they are left with no other choice but to do odd jobs like begging or they become a sex worker for earning a livelihood. Overall this article says that this act takes away the rights of trans people, it does not take into account what the people actually want. This act does not take equality into account.
Transgender people hope for SC intervention
We know that trans people are already suffering from their identities. This article talks about trans people and their problems during NRC in Assam. When the final list of NRC was published, there was no separate rule for the trans people. It was said that this NRC process had men and women in mind and not trans people. Trans people are forced to move out of the house at a young age and hence do not have the family documents in order to prove their citizenship. This article talks about hurdles faced by the trans people, first, they had to present documents of the family that they were once thrown out of. The second was to make people believe that they belong to this country. There was a process where families were called for verifying the linkages, here it was hard for the trans people, as most cases families refuse to accept them as family members. Trans People try to get their name in the list by forgetting their real identity and dress up like a man, there was such a case in Assam. In short, this favored those who had some kind of ties with their families but those people who do not have any ties have to suffer. The petition said that the court officials should collect family data on behalf of the trans people.
Okay, Nandini Krishnan, I read your book ‘Invisible Men’, and here’s why it’s offensive
In this article, a critique of the book by Nandini Krishnan is written. The book is said to be poorly written. It’s said that the book does not talk about the experiences much, it talks more about how the community really is, the book has been strongly criticized by the trans men, it is also said that the book made some factually incorrect statements. In this book of trans, she somewhere brings up religion and caste into the light. She describes brahmins, however, she somewhere ignored the experiences of people of the lower class. Some names are also used for trans men which people were not okay with like peter pan like, cherubic. Her book has somewhere also shown transphobia, she imagines ghosts of the past when she looks at trans men. She provides details and descriptions of surgeries of genitalia and discussion about trans men who get their periods, their clothing, etc. There was a discussion about Brahminism throughout the book, this book is not only problematic from the trans men’s perspective but also has caste issues. It is said she wrote this book with zero understanding and emotion. My personal opinion is that I’m surprised that this book got a publisher.
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