I am non-binary and I am transgender. I stand against the proposed amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act. My statement (and my formal coming out) is here:

When seeking a gender dysphoria certificate, I'd been asked by doctors to "first stay with people from the community to know for sure" When I went to the police with my father, they assumed I'd run away from home because I'd been blackmailed or "lured". What this bill does-

MoSJE Officer Yogita Swaroop @SwaroopYogita must resign for insulting the transgender community, for humiliating our representatives, and acting against the spirit of Honourable Prime Minister @narendramodi’s vision of Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas! #RejectTransBill2026

Seven years of legal recognition is a vanishingly short period of time in the context of an entire life. It took me years and years to find these words. I will not lose them now that I have them.

And if talking about it in public normalises gender and body variations, at a time when the government is doing its best to stop recognising us, all the better. https://t.co/ubakmVu9DN

Coming out publicly wasn't on my 2026 bingo card, but the more I write, the more clarity I get that if someone in the closet reads this and feels a resonance — know you are not alone.

"Beyond the pale" Just as many of us are finding the courage to live as ourselves, the transgender rights amendment bill erases us, @mridulasee writes on the rolling back of self-identification & years of legal progress Subscribe to read our edit notes https://t.co/2XjoqhV8Hg

"I stand in solidarity and in protest with my transgender, non-binary, and intersex siblings. I demand that this short-sighted, and dehumanising bill be withdrawn in its entirety," @mridulasee ✍️ https://t.co/eh7CLcfq6k

1/ NEW: @mridulasee on identity, community, and the Transgender Persons (Amendment) Bill 2026—expected in the Lok Sabha from March 23. A personal essay for @behanbox.

I wrote an explainer about the Trans Amendment Bill for @BehanBox. Do read and share. https://t.co/ubakmVu9DN

An essential, scary story.

Transgender persons bill: Amendments don’t recognise how self-determination is a long process, writes Mridula Chari

“Some of the most difficult nights of my life as a journalist were spent watching videos of Muslims being lynched, humiliated, and attacked, again and again, just to understand what really happened.” As the world marks today as International Day to Combat Islamophobia, I cannot

@RejectTransBill #RejectTransBill2026 #transrightsarehumanrights #NoGoingBack

Doctors don’t decide our gender. Politicians don’t decide our gender. We do 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏽 #rejecttransbill2026 #NoGoingBack #transrightsarehumanrights

Recent research on Human-Elephant Conflict (HEC) led by @nitskar & E. Somanathan continues to gain media attention. Journalist @mridulasee recently covered the study in @the_hindu. The study finds that the perforation of Antidepredation Squads (ADSs) is associated with a 200%

My new article on the surprising findings of a study on anti-depredation squads in Assam.

I mean I know there's no end to Savarna victimhood but this is above and beyond.

We were doing a peaceful vigil for Palestine. Goa Police has detained us into buses without giving us any information

Wow. The tearing hurry with which the Supreme Court constituted the SIT, the alacrity with which the SIT finished its probe to apparently give a clean chit, and the statements of Justice Mithal when Ambani's side asked report to not be made public as someone may publish an