Transgender Rights In Kerala
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University In Kerala Launches Dedicated Hostel For Transgender Students
For the first time in the state, a hostel exclusively to accommodate transgender students has been opened on the Mahatma Gandhi University campus in Kerala's Kottayam district.
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Kerala Transgender Couple Move Wedding Venue As Temple "Denies Permission"
The alleged denial of permission to solomnise the wedding of a transgender-couple in a temple here has triggered a row in the district as several members of the marginalised community criticised the management of the place of worship.
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Kerala Government To Pay For Sex Change In Boost For Transgender Rights
LGBT campaigners urged state governments on Monday to "learn a lesson" from Kerala after authorities in the southern state said they would cover the cost of gender reassignment surgeries. Kerala's chief minister said his government would pay Rs 2 lakh to allow people to have the procedure, the second state to do so after neighbouring Tamil Nadu.
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Kerala Becomes First State to Introduce Policy for Transgenders
Kerala has unveiled a transgender policy, becoming the first state in India to do so. The policy aims to give 25,000 transgender people in the state a platform to eventually be able to demand a right to equality, dignity, development and expression, the government says.
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MP Tiruchi Siva Calls for End to Stigma on Transgenders
Batting for equal rights to the transgenders, Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva, who introduced the private memer's bill in support of the community, today said the centuries old stigma attached with them must stop now.
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University In Kerala Launches Dedicated Hostel For Transgender Students
For the first time in the state, a hostel exclusively to accommodate transgender students has been opened on the Mahatma Gandhi University campus in Kerala's Kottayam district.
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Kerala Transgender Couple Move Wedding Venue As Temple "Denies Permission"
The alleged denial of permission to solomnise the wedding of a transgender-couple in a temple here has triggered a row in the district as several members of the marginalised community criticised the management of the place of worship.
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Kerala Government To Pay For Sex Change In Boost For Transgender Rights
LGBT campaigners urged state governments on Monday to "learn a lesson" from Kerala after authorities in the southern state said they would cover the cost of gender reassignment surgeries. Kerala's chief minister said his government would pay Rs 2 lakh to allow people to have the procedure, the second state to do so after neighbouring Tamil Nadu.
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Kerala Becomes First State to Introduce Policy for Transgenders
Kerala has unveiled a transgender policy, becoming the first state in India to do so. The policy aims to give 25,000 transgender people in the state a platform to eventually be able to demand a right to equality, dignity, development and expression, the government says.
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MP Tiruchi Siva Calls for End to Stigma on Transgenders
Batting for equal rights to the transgenders, Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva, who introduced the private memer's bill in support of the community, today said the centuries old stigma attached with them must stop now.
