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Title: First ever welfare board for transgenders
Post by: Shana A on February 19, 2008, 08:06:17 AM
First ever welfare board for transgenders

http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/157987/1/1893 (http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/157987/1/1893)

In a recent progressive step, the Tamil Nadu government is set to become a model for protecting rights of sexual minorities. And has given succor to people on the margins of society that their voices can be heard in the corridors of power.

Following a public hearing highlighting daily injustice and poverty faced by the transgender community in Tamil Nadu, the state governor announced, on January 23 2008, the establishment of a Welfare Board for Transgenders – a world first.