Karnataka gender minority and intersex community representatives demand welfare board, ordinance against Trans Act, 2026

Representatives from Karnataka's gender minority and intersex communities have requested the state government to form a welfare board. They also urged the state to oppose the central government's 2026 Trans Act, which they claim recriminalizes their community.
A delegation of members from the gender minorities and intersex communities in Karnataka, under the banner of transgender and intersex rights organisation Ondede, met Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar requesting the formation of a gender minority welfare board.
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