As per reports, a large number of transgender, intersex, and gender diverse individuals took out a march to Lok Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday (17 March) and burnt copies of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, demanding withdrawal of the Bill.

The march reportedly began from Martyrs’ Column at Palayam to Lok Bhavan, and was organized under the umbrella of the Queer-Trans-Intersex Rights Joint Action Committee Keralam to seek an apology from the Union government and the withdrawal of the Bill that was introduced in Parliament a few days ago.

• Meanwhile, district-level protests will reportedly begin with one scheduled in Ernakulam on Wednesday (18 March) and Kozhikode on Thursday (19 March).