In A Historic Move, Kerala Becomes First State In India To Have A Policy For Transgenders
The State Policy for Transgenders in Kerala 2015&rsquo is aimed at safeguarding the rights of the marginalised community. The policy covers all the categories of transgenders and intersex people. The number of those identify themselves as transgender is estimated to be around 30000.
In a historic first in India, Kerala government on Thursday unveiled it transgender policy. ¡®The State Policy for Transgenders in Kerala 2015¡¯ is aimed at safeguarding the rights of the marginalised community.
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The Kerala Department of Social Justice has issued the policy to enforce the constitutional rights of transgenders, taking into account the Supreme Court judgement (2014) and the findings of the recent survey in the state.
The policy covers all the categories of transgenders and intersex people. It also emphasises the rights of the minority group to self-identify themselves as man, woman or Transgender as stated in the Supreme Court judgement.
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It also ensures them equal access to social and economic opportunities, resources and services, right to equal treatment under the law, right to live life without violence and equitable right in all decision making bodies
The number of those identify themselves as transgender is estimated to be around 30,000 in Kerala.
Last month the Kerala prisons department to build a separate block for transgenders at the Viyyur Central Prison in Thrissur.
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