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Title: Social Inclusion, Equality and Respect of Transgenders: Rise of New Socio-Legal Perspective Authors & Affiliation: Prof. (Dr.) Sonia Kaul Shali Faculty of Criminology and Criminal Justice Administration, Karnavati University, Gujarat, INDIA soniashali@yahoo.com Abstract This article discusses the discrimination faced by certain sections of our society, irrespective of same colour, caste, educational and professional expertise and societal contribution and had to face a lot of disgrace with no fault of theirs. People around the world face violence and inequality and sometimes torture and execution—because of who they love, how they look or who they are. Sexual orientation and gender identity are integral aspects of our selves and should never lead to discrimination or any kind of abuse. Human Rights organizations usually work for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender peoples' rights and with activists representing a multiplicity of identities and issues. They expose abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity worldwide, including torture, killing and executions, arrests under unjust laws, unequal treatment, medical abuses, discrimination in health and jobs and housing, domestic violence, abuses against children and denial of family rights and recognition. The landmark Supreme Court verdict is a major milestone for LGBTQIA-identifying people across the country, where homosexuality was a social taboo and gay people faced endemic discrimination. [1]We have all heard of the renowned Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalized homosexuality. However, there are numerous misconceptions regarding its origin and history. This article also aims to bring light to the matter: trace its roots, explain the various controversies surrounding it and introduce various judgments that have been made and legislations that have been drafted with regards to it. Keywords: Societal Discrimination; Colonial Era; Homosexuality; Privacy and unnatural offences; Historic Supreme Court Verdict; Conservative ...

'Marginalization' is a process of segregation of the socio-culturally, economically, politically and religiously underprivileged group. Marginalization is an inequitable behaviour towards the minorities and weaker sections of the society by the majorities or stronger sections. Dalits, untouchables, tribals, muslims, transgenders and female are generally regarded as marginal or peripheral. So, they are vulnerable to exploitation. Arundhati Roy's latest novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a registered account of violence on the marginals. The novel incarnates the lynching of thousand minorities in Gujrat riot in 2002, mass slaughtering of three dalit men on the rumour of cow slaughtering, the disrespectful demolition and humiliation of an untouchable soldier S. Murugesan's statue for the audacious erection on the edge of touchable's village, the eviction and execution of tribal in Operation Green Hunt in 2009, and humiliation, rejection and segregated life of Transgenders. The novel unfolds the upliftment of Hindutva and their atrocities on the non- Hindus. The objective of this paper is to portray the plight of marginal people in caste ridden India and the violence coming into their life physically and mentally.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Globalizing Sex Workers' Rights -- PART ONE: RETHINKING SEX WORK -- Introduction -- 1. Forced to Choose: Beyond the Voluntary v. Forced Prostitution Dichotomy -- 2. Debt-Bondage and Trafficking: Don't Believe the Hype -- 3. An International Perspective on Slavery in the Sex Industry -- 4. Women, Labor, and Migration: The Position of Trafficked Women and Strategies for Support -- 5. Discourses of Prostitution: The Case of Cuba -- 6. Prostitution, Stigma, and the Law in Japan: A Feminist Roundtable Discussion -- PART TWO: MIGRATIONS AND TOURISM -- Introduction -- 7. Ghanaian Women and Prostitution in Cote d'Ivoire -- 8. From Thailand to Japan: Migrant Sex Workers as Autonomous Subjects -- 9. The Migrant Tightrope: Experiences from the Caribbean -- 10. Children, Prostitution, and Identity: A Case Study from a Tourist Resort in Thailand -- 11. Hustling for Dollars: Jineterismo in Cuba -- PART THREE: SEX WORKERS' ORGANIZATIONS -- Introduction -- 12. The Association of Autonomous Women Workers, Ecuador, "22nd June" -- 13. Japanese Sex Workers: Encourage, Empower, Trust, and Love Yourselves! -- 14. The Exotic Dancers Alliance: An Interview with Dawn Passar and Johanna Breyer -- 15. SWEAT: The Development and Implementation of a Sex Worker Advocacy and Intervention Program in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- 16. A World of People: Sex Workers in Mexico -- 17. The Wind of Change Is Whispering at Your Door: The Mahila Samanwaya Committee -- 18. International Activism: Jo Doezema interviews NWSP Coordinator, Cheryl Overs -- 19. Transgenders and Sex Work in Malaysia -- 20. It's Good to Know: The Maxi Linder Association in Suriname -- PART FOUR: AIDS PREVENTION AND SEX WORKERS' EMPOWERMENT -- Introduction