Transgender Candidate

The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) on Saturday announced its first list of 11 candidates, including a transgender, for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls.

All three transgender candidates who contested the Lok Sabha elections have lost their security deposits, highlighting the challenges faced by the community in gaining political representation in the country.

Sunaina Singh, a 35-year-old transgender, is all set to contest against BJP candidate Dulu Mahto from the Dhanbad seat in the Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand.

Anowara Islam Rani, a young transgender from Bangladesh's northern region has emerged as the first candidate of her gender to enter electoral politics, a symbol of resilience and change in the country, according to a media report on Saturday.

The Delhi Municipal Corporation will soon have its first member from the transgender community. Bobi, an AAP candidate, has won the Sultanpuri-A ward to become the first member of the transgender community to elected to the civic body.

Bobi was only 15 when her family handed her over to a 'guruji' from the transgender community under societal pressure.

Transgender candidate R Ganga of the DMK won from the Vellore City Municipal Corporation (VCMC) by a margin of 15 votes in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu urban local body polls.

"Out of the 1.92 lakh candidates taken the exam, 35 per cent were females, 65 per cent males and 2 candidates represent transgender," CAT release mentioned

Anannyah Kumari Alex, a 28-year-old is set to create history by becoming the first transgender person to contest an Assembly election in Kerala.

Democratic candidates in the US states of Delaware and Vermont made history Tuesday when they became the first openly transgender legislators in their states.

The exam, known as NEET PG, was conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE). A total of 13 transgender candidates had appeared for the exam.

Only one transgender candidate has submitted application for admission in the Delhi University, according to data provided by the varsity.

Congress fielded the maximum of women candidates (54) while the ruling BJP fielded 53 women this election.

AAP's Bhawani Nath Valmiki, popularly known as Bhawani Ma, is contesting against BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi and Rajendra Pratap Singh of Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance.

Transgender candidate M. Chandramukhi, contesting the Telangana assembly elections from a constituency in Hyderabad, turned up at a police station late on Wednesday night.

The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) on Saturday announced its first list of 11 candidates, including a transgender, for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls.

All three transgender candidates who contested the Lok Sabha elections have lost their security deposits, highlighting the challenges faced by the community in gaining political representation in the country.

Sunaina Singh, a 35-year-old transgender, is all set to contest against BJP candidate Dulu Mahto from the Dhanbad seat in the Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand.

Anowara Islam Rani, a young transgender from Bangladesh's northern region has emerged as the first candidate of her gender to enter electoral politics, a symbol of resilience and change in the country, according to a media report on Saturday.

The Delhi Municipal Corporation will soon have its first member from the transgender community. Bobi, an AAP candidate, has won the Sultanpuri-A ward to become the first member of the transgender community to elected to the civic body.

Bobi was only 15 when her family handed her over to a 'guruji' from the transgender community under societal pressure.

Transgender candidate R Ganga of the DMK won from the Vellore City Municipal Corporation (VCMC) by a margin of 15 votes in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu urban local body polls.

"Out of the 1.92 lakh candidates taken the exam, 35 per cent were females, 65 per cent males and 2 candidates represent transgender," CAT release mentioned

Anannyah Kumari Alex, a 28-year-old is set to create history by becoming the first transgender person to contest an Assembly election in Kerala.

Democratic candidates in the US states of Delaware and Vermont made history Tuesday when they became the first openly transgender legislators in their states.

The exam, known as NEET PG, was conducted by the National Board of Examinations (NBE). A total of 13 transgender candidates had appeared for the exam.

Only one transgender candidate has submitted application for admission in the Delhi University, according to data provided by the varsity.

Congress fielded the maximum of women candidates (54) while the ruling BJP fielded 53 women this election.

AAP's Bhawani Nath Valmiki, popularly known as Bhawani Ma, is contesting against BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi and Rajendra Pratap Singh of Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance.

Transgender candidate M. Chandramukhi, contesting the Telangana assembly elections from a constituency in Hyderabad, turned up at a police station late on Wednesday night.