Panjab University Sets a Progressive Example by Introducing Separate Toilets for Transgenders

Chandigarh's Panjab University (PU) has given the transgender community a major reason to celebrate. It has become the first university to build separate toilets for transgender students. This historic move came after a transgender right activist, Dhananjay Chauhan, fought a hard battle with the University to construct different washrooms for the transgenders.

Dhananjay, who is currently pursuing Masters of Human Rights and Duties at PU, has been pushing the University to work on this project since 2014. According to a Gaylaxy Magazine report, the construction finally started earlier this month.

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Dhananjay had to wait for a year after she wrote to the University about setting up a separate toilet. Panjab University has a history of taking great initiatives for the develoment of all genders. It became one of the first universities in India to introduce the ‘third gender’ column in their admission form in 2015. PU had also promised to build a different toilet if any transgender student takes admission in the University. After Dhananjay took admission, the University sanctioned a budget of ₹23 lakhs for the washroom.



H/T: The Gaylaxy Magazine

