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Pride Month is celebrated globally every June to highlight the fight by the LGBTQIA+ community for equality, inclusion and a life of dignity.

Dear Arun Srinivas () and Sandhya Devanathan (), apart from filing bullying report, harassment report, filling the privacy violation form, writing to the Grievance Officer, what else needs to be done for the company to take action against harassment of transgender persons?

Pride Marches were banned in Budapest by previous Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán. The ban was lifted by current Prime Minister Péter Magyar who was elected in April 2026.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/protection-same-sex-couple-high-court-threat-live-in-relationship-10706690/

Source: https://www.siasat.com/telangana-man-killed-by-friends-over-threat-to-leak-private-photos-3475802/

The complaint against the false claim made by was filed before the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Athority in February 2025. The order was passed in May 2026.

Earlier this year, the Modi government bulldozed the Trans Act 2026 through the parliament, ignoring voices of the trans community and opposition parities. The Act only recognises intersex persons and trans women from the Kinner-Hijra communities as transgender and excludes trans men, trans non binary persons and trans women who are not part of socio cultural groups such as Kinner and Hijra. The Act also makes medical test mandatory and destroys the Supreme Court guaranteed right to self identify gender. Source:https://nhrc.nic.in/assets/uploads/other_advisories/1779115826_649e8e4ffb525458ca0a.pdf

The Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS) is the oldest and largest professional organization of mental health professionals in India. It serves as a primary driver for mental health advocacy, policy formulation, medical research, and educational standards across South Asia. 🙏

Rights groups hailed the decision as a watershed. The Blue Diamond Society, Nepal’s leading LGBTIQ+ organisation, called it “a historic and long‑awaited milestone” that signals official recognition of “the rights, dignity, and inclusion of gender and sexual minorities within the national governance framework.”