
What is a person?
Raffy Tulfo
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<div>What does a person look like? And what does our Constitution have to say about personhood and sexuality? Personhood legally means a rights-bearing body. But not all bodies have rights unless the law recognizes them as persons. This episode of The Longest Constitution looks into the colonial criminalization and marginalization of the transgender community, and the journey to recognizing their fundamental rights, in the historic NALSA vs. Union of India judgment, 2004. <br><br></div><div>- ( <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-law-which-prohibits-sex-change-operation-bombay-high-court-says-in-bidhan-barua-case-481081" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-law-which-prohibits-sex-change-operation-bombay-high-court-says-in-bidhan-barua-case-481081">https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-law-which-prohibits-sex-change-operation-bombay-high-court-says-in-bidhan-barua-case-481081</span></a> )</div><div><br>- ( <a href="https://translaw.clpr.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Nalsa.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://translaw.clpr.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Nalsa.pdf">https://translaw.clpr.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Nalsa.pdf</span></a> )</div><div><br>“5 Questions: Tiruchi Siva, man behind Rights of Transgender Persons Bill” - ( <a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/5-questions-tiruchi-siva-man-behind-rights-of-transgender-persons-bill/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span data-auto-link="true" data-href="https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/5-questions-tiruchi-siva-man-behind-rights-of-transgender-persons-bill/">https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/5-questions-tiruchi-siva-man-behind-rights-of-transgender-persons-bill/</span></a> )</div><div><br>You can follow Priya on social media:</div><div>Instagram: ( <a href="https://www.instagram.com/naik.priya/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank