First Film And Publication Company By & For Trans People Comes Up In Madurai & We're So Proud
In a first, Madurai now has a film and publication company for the transgender community. The company was inaugurated at E2E2 Road of Narimedu in the district on Saturday.?
'Trans Films'??
'Trans Films', an exclusive film company by and for the transgender community, aimed at giving a platform for their representation in the film industry.?The work for the first short film by the company is set to be released by August.?
Registered under MSME
Priya Babu,?Director of Transgender Resource Centre,?who is also a transgender person, said trans publication and trans film company, which is the first such instance, were inaugurated after registering under?the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME)?with the hope of getting better financial support.?
Through the trans publication, we would publish books written by transgender persons and trans literature, she said.?
Library at premises too
An upgraded transgender library was also opened on the same premises. The library has over 200 books and around 10,000 news collections covering government orders and SC judgements, said Priya Babu.
V Deepa, secretary, sub-judge, district legal services authorities, Madurai, and P Pon Muthuramalingam, joint regional director of collegiate education, Madurai region, were the chief guests at the inauguration.??
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