ISSUE Whether transgender parents can get a birth certificate for their child as ‘parents’ despite the statutory form having specific columns for ‘father’ and ‘mother’? KEY FACTS Zahhad, a transgender man, and Ziya Paval, a transgender woman, gave birth to their child in 2023. Both of them hold transgender certificates recognising their identity as ‘transgender’ […]
Beoncy Laishram v. The State of Manipur & Ors.
Right in Question: The right of a transgender person to have their self-identified name and gender legally recognized in all official and educational documents. Facts: The Petitioner, originally recorded as “Boboi Laishram” (male), underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2019 and was thereafter recognized as Dr. Beoncy Laishram (female). The District Magistrate, Imphal West issued the […]
JEEVA M. VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA, DEPARTMENT OF PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
KEY FACTS: The Petitioner was a transgender person who wanted to change his name and gender from female to male in his educational certificates, specifically his SSLC and Pre-University certificate. He had made representations to the Respondents requesting them to change his name and gender in his educational certificates but the Respondents refused to take […]
MULLA FAIZAL V. STATE OF GUJARAT
ISSUE Whether the Petitioner was entitled to change his name and gender in his birth certificate which was wrongly assigned at birth because he was intersex? FACTS Mulla Faizal was assigned and recorded as female at birth despite having intersex characteristics. As an adult, he had developed more male characteristics and obtained medical and psychological […]