Transgender People & Adoption Rights: What the Law Says & Why It Needs To Change

29 July 2023

Where exactly does the law stand when it comes to adoptions by trans persons?


It was a petition by Mumbai-based transgender activist Gauri Sawant – better known for being featured in a 2017 Vicks ad – and others that led to the historic NALSA judgment of 2014, in which the Supreme Court recognised trans people as a 'third gender'.