What does a person look like? And what does our Constitution have to say about personhood and sexuality? Personhood legally means a rights-bearing body. But not all bodies have rights unless the law recognizes them as persons. This episode of The Longest Constitution looks into the colonial criminalization and marginalization of the transgender community, and the journey to recognizing their fundamental rights, in the historic NALSA vs. Union of India judgment, 2004. - ( https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/no-law-which-prohibits-sex-change-operation-bombay-high-court-says-in-bidhan-barua-case-481081 )- ( https://translaw.clpr.org.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Nalsa.pdf )“5 Questions: Tiruchi Siva, man behind Rights of Transgender Persons Bill” - ( https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/5-questions-tiruchi-siva-man-behind-rights-of-transgender-persons-bill/ )You can follow Priya on social media:Instagram: ( https://www.instagram.com/naik.priya/ )Twitter: ( https://twitter.com/fundamentallyp )Linkedin: ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/priya-mirza-73666310/ )You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.