There is no specific HIV sero-surveillance facility for the transgender community in Bangalore; government officials say that there are no immediate plans to establish one. Currently, there is no HIV sero-surveillance center for transgender people in Bangalore, despite the Karnataka State Policy on Transgender (2017) mandating the establishment of such centers by the government. […]
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Other users do not allow transpeople to use BBMP’s e-toilets. They have to either use the women’s washroom or wait for others to leave. Public toilets in the city are still not accessible to the transgender community, even after years of demanding for toilets. They are asked to choose between the men’s or the women’s […]
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Karnataka Sexual Minorities Forum says that at least 60 percent of the transgender community has no access to BPL cards. Bengaluru: The state government is yet to create state and district cells for transgenders under its Policy on Transgenders, 2017. The unavailability of the cells and a transgender census results in the community not getting […]
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