P // 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 (they/them)

#YashChopra's #DilTohPagalHai re-released in cinemas yesterday & the trademark Yash Chopra heroine aesthetic he frames #Madhuri in shone in spades on screen. Today I noticed interesting parallels b/w the visual treatment of #DTPH's Pooja & #VeerZaara's eponymous #Zaara. a 🧵

@DaveChappal i had to triple check this was a dave tweet

प्यार प्यार करते करते तुम पे मरते मरते दिल

this bill actually has provisions for taking action against people who "appear" trans - if you're a cis woman, androgyny isnt a personal fashion choice you're entitled to rn, it's leverage that might code you as one of us. our struggles are more connected than you realise

the sky is giving 🏳️‍⚧️

Though I will miss Parliament because of the ongoing #KeralaElections, I am following reports of legislative developments there. I’m deeply concerned by the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, introduced in the Lok Sabha, which was tabled rather surreptitiously and without proper stakeholder consultation. The Bill appears to represent a fundamental reversal of the rights-based framework established after the Supreme Court’s landmark NALSA (2014) judgment. The amendments delete Section 4(2) of the 2019 Act, which guaranteed the right to self-perceived gender identity, and replace it with systems of medical board verification and bureaucratic certification before identity can be recognised. In effect, the State now proposes to sit in judgment over a citizen’s own understanding of who they are — an intrusion that sits uneasily with the constitutional promise of dignity and personal liberty. Equally troubling is the drastically narrowed definition of “transgender person”, which risks excluding trans-men, trans-women, non-binary and gender-diverse persons who were previously recognised under the law, while reducing gender identity to biological markers or a handful of socio-cultural categories. The Bill further introduces mandatory reporting of gender-affirming surgeries to authorities, raising serious concerns about privacy and creating the prospect of a State registry of deeply personal medical decisions—difficult to reconcile with the Supreme Court’s Puttaswamy judgment on the right to privacy. Taken together, these provisions risk pushing large sections of India’s transgender community, which has faced acute historical marginalisation, back into legal invisibility. At the very least, a Bill with such far-reaching consequences must be referred to a Standing Committee for proper scrutiny. One can only hope that reason and constitutional morality will ultimately prevail over this deeply regressive proposal.

We are not asking for special rights. We are asking for the same right everyone else has: to exist without fear, to be seen as we are, and to live without being targeted by the law… #RejectTransBill2026 @Drvirendrakum13

— On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong #RejectTransBill2026 #NoGoingBack

Precisely! #RejectTransBill2026

 If our existence makes you uncomfortable, that discomfort is yours to examine not  ours to disappear for. We have already done the hard work of understanding ourselves. It’s high time you did too #RejectTransBill2026 @Drvirendrakum13

enough- trans oomfs and non oomfs let’s take over all the government positions.

We found peace in ourselves. Why does that threaten you? #RejectTransBill2026 @Drvirendrakum13

Stop policing bodies that aren’t yours. We reject your exclusionary feminism. We #rejecttransbill2026. #nogoingback

If you belong to the cis LGBAI+ spectrum, are queer, non-binary, or an ally and staying silent, this will affect you too. A state that can regulate trans identity can expand control over bodies and expressions across communities. Speak up. @RejectTransBill #RejectTransBill2026

A delegation of 20 transgender folx & their cisgender queer allies met with @VarshaEGaikwad Tai, @INCIndia MP for Mumbai North Central this morning to speak with her about our opposition to the BJP's Transgender Amendment Bill, 2026, a frontal assault on the community's dignity. Tai listened to our concerns patiently for over 45 minutes, and assured us that she would be the community's voice in Parliament. She summed it all up finally by saying, "Being transgender is not only about one's identity, but also about one's rights!" What an ally! Thank you, Varsha Tai. ♥️🙏🏾

im cryin man i just saw like 5 anti trans bills get passed in this month, it's literally just that post where you wake up and the government has passed the "We Fucking Hate You And You Need To Die" Act

We are not a problem to be solved or a debate to be won. We are people trying to live honestly in our own bodies. Laws like these don’t protect anyone, they only make life harder and more dangerous for those already fighting to exist. #RejectTransBill2026 @Drvirendrakum13

Chennai folks! Turn Up. 4 PM, Tomorrow (23rd March, 2026) Near Chennai district collector office. #RejectTransBill2026 #TransRights

Our bodies aren’t your battleground. #RejectTransBill2026 @Drvirendrakum13

Amplifying every tweet talking about the 2026 Trans Bill! It is one of the most inhumane things that is happening in this country, wdym rapists of trans women will get less punishment coz anatomy is different???

can't get over that ridiculous amendment act we genuinely don't even have some crazy public rhetoric about "real" vs "fake" trans people or about entitlements (the few there are) being "stolen" or anything of the sort they're just doing this for ... what ?? pure hate ??

me socialising only with people who #RejectTransBill2026 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽