The Noida Metro Rail Cooperation (NMRC) on Wednesday, 24 June, announced that the Sector-50 station, dedicated to the transgender community, will now be called ‘Rainbow Station’, withdrawing its earlier decision to call it ‘She Man’.
This comes just days after the transgender community termed the name ‘She Man’ “transphobic” and “insensitive”, and demanded that the metro rail corporation reconsider it.
“NMRC has received a number of suggestions from individuals and NGOs regarding a suitable name for the station which would correctly signify and represent the essence of this community. Keeping these suggestions in mind, NMRC has decided to name the station as ‘Rainbow Station’,” said Ritu Maheshwari, Managing Director, NMRC, in a statement.