In 1997, HRLN co-organised a “National conference on rights of sexuality minorities” in Mumbai. Soon afterwards, the India Centre for Human Rights and Law, Mumbai, established the Humjinsi project. In April 2003, it set up an advisory board consisting of lesbian and bisexual women and national women’s movement activists to ensure accountability and community participation in the planning of our programmes. The initiative works with these groups to support women who are attracted to women in their efforts to be themselves, to build a community which celebrates their identity, to secure their rights in society, and most importantly, to help people across the spectrum of sexuality and gender overcome obstacles to establish a society which celebrates and protects the rights of sexual minorities.

A large chunk of its work was campaigning against Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which criminalised homosexuality, what it also included was campaigning for rights of transgender persons, rights of queer persons to live together freely, right to access to food, right to access to housing, reservation in public employment and education among a range of other rights for transgender persons. Since the NALSA Judgement in 2014 HRLN has been working tirelessly to implement the directives given in the judgement.

Since the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2018 HRLN has been aiding the larger movement for rights of Transgender Persons which has been strongly opposing the Bill since 2016.

HRLN organised a number of consultations and trainings for transgender persons on the law, provided legal aid and counselling to transgender persons who faced violence and various kinds and nature of rights violations. As soon as the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 was passed in the Rajya Sabha on the 26th of November 2019, HRLN organised a national conference on the implication of the Act on transgender persons and went on to file a constitutional challenge against the act.

During the COVID 19 pandemic HRLN was in touch with a number of transgender communities and collectives across the country.  IN Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, New Delhi and Bihar HRLN actively provided relief to transgender persons by giving dry ration and food to transgender persons in these states. In a number of other states HRLN actively filed cases so that the state would provide relief to transgender persons in their respective states. HRLN filed cases in Maharashtra, Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand among a range of other legal recourses that persons had taken for various reasons. Thus providing relief to a number of transgender persons through both direct relief and legal processes.

HRLN works with several LGBTQ organizations and activists across the country and provides legal assistance to needy individuals. Organizations working on LGBTQ rights may contact the HRLN units in their state for legal aid. There are a number of activities that HRLN does along with various organisations that are led by transgender persons, informal collectives and CBOs such as:

1. Providing Legal Aid and Legal Counselling to LGBTQIA+ Persons

2. Organising Meetings and Consultations on laws governing Queer Persons

3. Aiding members of Queer Community on organising public events, approaching legal systems and conducting advocacy programmes

4. Working with schools, colleges and law colleges to conduct trainings on rights of Queer Persons under law and conduct sensitisation programmes for teachers, students and senior management.

5. Aiding members of the LGBTQIA+ community to conduct sensitization trainings for public officials, lawyers, academicians, judges, students, journalists among others