{"id":100842,"date":"2026-03-31T16:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/identity-on-trial-why-indias-new-transgender-law-is-facing-backlash\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T16:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:36:40","slug":"identity-on-trial-why-indias-new-transgender-law-is-facing-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/identity-on-trial-why-indias-new-transgender-law-is-facing-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity on trial: Why India&#8217;s new transgender law is facing backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s new Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, has sparked widespread protests by removing self-identification rights. Critics argue the law replaces individual autonomy with mandatory medical certification, contradicting previous legal precedents and the Supreme Court&#8217;s NALSA judgment. Activists fear this regressive move will hinder access to essential rights and services for the transgender community.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s new Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, has sparked widespread protests by removing self-identification rights. Critics argue the law replaces individual autonomy with mandatory medical certification, contradicting previous legal precedents and the Supreme Court&#8217;s NALSA judgment. Activists fear this regressive move will hinder access to essential rights and services for the transgender&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/31\/identity-on-trial-why-indias-new-transgender-law-is-facing-backlash\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Identity on trial: Why India&#8217;s new transgender law is facing backlash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":100843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}