Back in July, Anaya Bangar, daughter of cricketer Sanjay Bangar, made a video talking about the toll it had taken on her to legally transition to a woman after the Transgender (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, came into force. “I was asked to undress and have my whole body assessed in a room full of doctors that included men and… an invasive gynecological exam was also performed. I remember lying there thinking, ‘Why do I have to prove that body, to be recognised as who I am on paper?’” she asks. 

Her video came at a time when most of the country — and even a section of the trans community — had no idea how things were going to change with the amendment. “I am sharing this because not all of us know what this process can involve, and I hope we can all agree that legal recognition should respect people’s dignity,” Bangar says in the clip.