India’s trans community thought invasive medical exams were a thing of the past. This law is set to bring them back

A new law will require trans people to have their gender ‘verified’ via medical examination – the kind of humiliation that many thought had been consigned to the past. Namita Singh speaks to activists in New Delhi who are distraught at what appears to be a huge step backwards


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