Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"Indian court rules <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transWomen</span></a> are <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> and ‘legally entitled to recognition’"</p><p>'In a landmark ruling for the country, after rejecting claims that womanhood was preserved only for those who can bear children, the High Court of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AndhraPradesh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndhraPradesh</span></a> ruled that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> women were “legally entitled” to recognition as women.</p><p>...tying the definition of women to pregnancy was “legally unsustainable” and contradicted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>’s constitution'</p><p><a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/26/india-trans-women-high-court-decision/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thepinknews.com/2025/06/26/ind</span><span class="invisible">ia-trans-women-high-court-decision/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a></p>