Last week, students from the TISS Queer Collective, a semi-formal gathering of queer and queer-friendly individuals from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, found themselves in a state of panic, after they learnt that the Transgender Persons (protection of rights) Bill, 2016, is going to be tabled before Parliament in the winter session. In response, they have launched a postcard campaign to oppose the bill, which according to them, is replete with problematic provisions that threaten the rights of the transgender community. The postcards have been sent to the office of PM Narendra Modi.

College students seen signing postcards. Pic/Abhisikta Dasgupta