From medical tribunals to the criminalisation of chosen families, trans activists reveal how India’s new legislation weaponizes the healthcare system to exhaust its trans population into invisibility

Queer community leaders and organisations are witnessing a mass mental health breakdown of transpersons across the country with the passing of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026. Amid a flurry of 4-am SOS messages on WhatsApp groups, Arpika Bhosale reports how trans folk and allies are keeping hope afloat