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The lower house of India's Parliament has introduced a new bill aiming to amend the 2019 Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act.

Many activists oppose this bill, considering it dangerous and possibly violating a key 2014 Supreme Court ruling.

That ruling supported transgender individuals' right to self-identify their gender and protected their bodily autonomy and privacy.

There are two main controversial points in the new bill.

First, it narrows the definition of 'transgender,' potentially excluding some transgender men, non-binary people, and intersex individuals from legal recognition.

Second, it removes the practice of self-identifying gender, requiring surgery first, a hospital certificate, and then local officials decide whether to issue certification.

The bill also proposes setting up medical boards to review gender identity, raising concerns about privacy violations.

Some new offenses appear to protect transgender people but are vaguely worded and could be misused, harming community support.

Currently, the bill has not yet become law.

Activists hope the government will withdraw the bill and restore the law to respect transgender self-identification.