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Group of transgenders open eatery in Coimbatore
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 9 (ANI): A group of transgenders has opened an eatery, Covai Trans Kitchen, in Coimbatore.
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Manipur's first transgender doctor helps, a corona warrior
Updated : 3 weeks, 2 days ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Beyonce Laishram has been a warrior all her life, but the tag of COVID warrior pleases her best.
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Odisha's Meera Parida thanks Centre for selection as member of Nat
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Meera Parida, one of 5 members of the National Council for Transgender Persons, constituted by the Centre on Saturday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Department of Social Justice on Saturday, for the initiative.
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Kolkata's transgender community welcomes free ration by state gove
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 20 (ANI): The transgender community in West Bengal welcomed the state government's announcement of free rations to the community till June 2021, saying that although they were grateful for the rations, it would have been more beneficial during the lockdo
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Hyderabad trans community sells pickles for living, strives to be
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 12 (ANI): To support themselves amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown, a group of transwomen in Hyderabad are preparing and sell pickles and other eatables for a living.
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NHRC seeks ATR from States, UTs over plight of transgenders
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 3 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Chief Secretaries of all the States and Union Territories of India over the plight of transgenders.
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Hit by COVID-19 crisis, Odisha's transgender community struggles t
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Bhadrak (Odisha) [India], July 30 (ANI): The pandemic has affected the society severely, including the transgender community. Members of this community in Bhadrak are bearing the brunt of COVID-19 crisis as they face financial hardships.
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Transgender people perform Kolattam dance to raise COVID awareness
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 24 (ANI): Members of the transgender community in Tamil Nadu's Chennai performed Kolattam folk dance on Thursday to raise awareness about COVID-19.
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Transgenders in Odisha to get benefit under Madhu Babu Pension Yoj
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 18 (ANI): The Odisha Government has included transgender community under Madhu Babu Pension Yojana, which aims at providing financial assistance to destitute elderly, differently-abled persons and widows in the state.
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Transgenders should get employment opportunities to live respectfu
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Transgenders should be given a chance to join security forces, said S S Deswal, Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and the Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday.
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Transgender community members hold COVID-19 awareness rally in Che
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 11 (ANI): Amid the rising COVID-19 cases in the country, the members of the transgender community in Tamil Nadu took to the streets of Chennai on Saturday to organise a "Avoid Fear: Corona Awareness" rally.
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Tamil Nadu: Transgender Community NGO conducts awareness campaign
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 8 (ANI): The transgender members of a Chennai-based non-government organisation (NGO) have joined hands with Chennai corporation to conduct coronavirus awareness campaign in slum areas of Teynampet, Chennai.
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