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India's legal amendments disrupt transgender healthcare, leaving patients in limbo

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Following recent legal amendments in India, transgender patients are facing significant disruptions to their medical care. The changes, which introduce penalties for forcing individuals into gender transition procedures, have led clinics to halt treatments, leaving patients without necessary medications and experiencing adverse physical effects. Activists are concerned that these amendments, intended to protect vulnerable groups, are instead creating a limbo for transgender individuals seeking care. AI

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India's legal amendments disrupt transgender healthcare, leaving patients in limbo

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    Indian transgender patients left in limbo following legal amendments

    When transgender woman Kali Sidharth Medepalli began hormone replacement therapy in India, she expected to complete her medical transition and undergo surgery within a year. But just months after she began treatment earlier this year, India’s parliament amended the country’s tran…

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