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Anaya Bangar’s plea to BCCI raises a question: Is this wave of ‘inclusion’ costing women their space in sports?

Shriti Sagar - 20 June, 2025

Anaya Bangar's bid to join women's cricket as a trans woman sparks debate: Should biological males compete in female sports, or is it time for a separate transgender category?

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Kerala HC allows transgender couple to be referred to as ‘parents’ instead of ‘mother’ and ‘father’ in their child’s birth certificate

OpIndia Staff - 7 June, 2025

Kerala HC allowed a transgender couple to be listed as 'parents' without gender labels on their child's birth certificate, citing it as an exceptional case.

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UK: ECB confirms that biological men will not play at any level of women’s cricket, decision after Supreme Court order saying transwomen are not...

ANI - 2 May, 2025

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Friday announced that transgender women will no longer take part in women's and girls' cricket at any level in England and Wales

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‘Last week tonight’ host John Oliver defends biological males competing in female sporting events, JK Rowling tells him to “Read the f***ing room”

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2025

JK Rowling wrote, “If you want to tell the world you’re happy to watch females suffer injury, humiliation and the loss of sporting opportunities to bolster an elitist post-modern ideology… fair enough. But maybe rethink using all too real and common sexual predation against young women as a punchline.”

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India’s first transgender clinic, Mitr Clinic in Hyderabad, shuts down due to USAID fund freeze

OpIndia Staff - 27 February, 2025

India's first comprehensive transgender clinic, Mitr Clinic in Hyderabad, has been forced to shut down following the Trump administration's decision to freeze USAID funding

Government and Policy

MEA lays down procedure to re-issue passport after sex-change surgery abroad

OpIndia Staff - 10 January, 2025

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed the Delhi High Court on 7th January about the procedure through which Indian citizens who undergo sex-change surgery abroad, can change details in their passport

Cricket

Former Indian all-rounder Sanjay Bangar’s son Aryan transitions to Anaya, wants to play international cricket: Read about ICC regulations about transgenders

OpIndia Staff - 11 November, 2024

Anaya Bangar, formerly Aryan Bangar, is child of Sanjay Bangar. After becoming trans woman, she can no longer play tier-1 and tier-2 domestic cricket and professional international cricket as per rules of ECB and ICC.

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‘Xavier is dead’: Elon Musk narrates how he was tricked into opting for puberty blockers for his son, vows to destroy woke mind virus

OpIndia Staff - 23 July, 2024

"I was essentially tricked into signing documents for one of my older boys, Xavier," Elon Musk pointed out.

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UK: Biological male dressed up as a woman reports Harry Potter author JK Rowling to police, wants her arrested for ‘misgendering’ him

Shraddha Pandey - 7 March, 2024

The Harry Potter author, slammed the ‘trans activist’, calling Willoughby a “trans-identified man” adding that “there is no human right to universal validation.

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