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An important day in my activist life--> Transgender and the Law - a national seminar organised by NALSA and UNDP in New Delhi
07.05.11 (10:29 pm)   [edit]
"The transgender community has faced innumerable hurdles, right from getting a job to adopting a child. And it is time that society realised that being transgender is not about begging or sex work." - I spoke, infront of the Supreme court and high court judges of India in Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi.

On February 5th 2011 happened a historic event in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. It was the first National meeting on Transgender and the Law which was organized by NALSA with the technical support from UNDP.

Supreme court judges and High court judges from all Indian states participated in this seminar. Honourable Justice of the Supreme court Altamas Kabir Kabir inaugurated the seminar. The seminar was organised by the National and Delhi Legal Services Authority and with technical support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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I and Priya were the resource persons from Tamilnadu from the trans community invited by UNDP. We were also the only two to go from South of India to represent all four states. From the north were Lakshmi Narayan Tripati, Gauri and Shabeena Francis. We all were the resource persons who shared the problems of the transgender community to the of high court and supreme court judges in different meetings atdifferent seminar halls at the same venue. I had already met the Honorable Justice of the Supreme court Amtamas Kabir, Honourable Justice of the Supreme Court of India P.Sathasivam and many others at a state seminar held in 2010 in Chennai arranged by the Tamilnadu Social Welfare Ministry and the State Legal Authority. When I was a resource person in the state meet, both the Judges had come and heard what we transgender activists had to say. It was nice to meet them once again in Delhi. I also met the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court M.Y. Eqbal, the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, Dipak Mishra, Justice V. Vikramajit Sen of the Delhi High Court. The Judges were truly compassionate and heard us with keen interest and concern. Many of them are well aware of the problems of our community. I am soon all our concerns will be addressed soon.

After the opening segment in which the Supreme court judges spoke, two technical sessions opened in which I was one of the resource persons. I made a powerpoint presentation about the problems of the transgender community in family, institutions, workplace, health care and in public etc. I unvieled all, yes all, that should be heared by the judges and lawyers who were present there. I and the other activists elaborated on the medical, health and legal issues faced by transgender people. I made sure the problems of transsexual men are also heard. I spoke their problems in detail too. My emphasis was also on the protection of transgender children.

Country Director of the UNDP Caitlin Wiesen in her speech said that UNDP had documented horrendous ground realities of transgender people's lives in India and urged for the many concerns of transgenders to be addressed.

I hope the future holds equal space and a life with dignity for all transpeople in this country. Thanks to NALSA and UNDP for making such an important meeting possible.

The Media reports on the seminar:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/...
http://www.newkerala.com/news...
http://www.deccanherald.com/c...



 


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