This is from a talk in 2024 , when the law was arguably in our favour. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act has taken away even more of our basic human rights and housing struggles are only going to get worse as a result of it. For trans people in India, securing a home meana navigating constant discrimination, illegal evictions, and the threat of homelessness.
Landlords refuse to rent to us. The law doesn't explicitly protect us.
Illegal evictions force us into precarious situations: homelessness, survival sex work, vulnerability to violence. Safety isn't something separate from housing. It's built into it. When you don't have a safe place to sleep, you're constantly exposed.
We need laws that explicitly protect trans people from housing discrimination and illegal eviction. We need implementation of existing protections.