epaselect epa12829688 Activists hold placards during a protest called by the National Network for Gender and Sexual Minorities (NNGSM), urging the Indian government to withdraw the Transgender Amendment Bill, in Bangalore, India, 18 March 2026. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, tabled in India's lower house on 13 March, threatens to roll back the 2019 Act, by replacing the right to self-identification with a restrictive, medicalized process that complicates legal recognition for the trans community. EPA/JAGADEESH NV