• Dr. Vikas Kumar Singh
• Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Upadhyay

India is a democratic country. Indian Constitution provides equal opportunity to every citizen to grow and attain their potential, irrespective of caste, religion, or gender. Everyone has a gender identity, Today in India there are three genders; male, female, and transgender. The transgenders are persons whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to their biological sex. Gender identity is understood to refer to each person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth, including the personal sense of the body and other expressions of gender, including dress, speech, and mannerisms. Transgenders were caught up in a viciously painful cycle wherein at the one end of the tangent, the various forms of violence, such as emotional, mental, and even physical, experienced by the transgender as a part of their everyday experiences. Transgender face a high level of stigma in their daily life. They are socially, culturally, and educationally thrown out at the margin and being exploited. United Nations has been instrumental in advocating the protection and promotion of the rights of sexual minorities, including transgender persons. United Nations and other human rights bodies adopted the Yogyakarta principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity. The main objectives of this paper are to throw light on Yogyakarta principles, and the rights of transgender people in India provided by the Indian constitution and law.

Transgender, Gender Identity, Yogyakarta Principle

"Human Rights and Legislations for Transgender in India : A Path from Marginalization to Social Inclusion", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.b62-b71, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309109.pdf

"Human Rights and Legislations for Transgender in India : A Path from Marginalization to Social Inclusion", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppb62-b71, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309109.pdf