Posters on services, treatment available for transgenders launched

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Awareness posters connected  Transgender Multi-Speciality Clinic Service being released successful  Madurai connected  Monday.

Awareness posters connected Transgender Multi-Speciality Clinic Service being released successful Madurai connected Monday. | Photo Credit: R. ASHOK

Transgender Resource Centre, Madurai, connected Monday released 3 antithetic posters successful bid to make consciousness among the transgender persons of the services and attraction disposable for transgender persons astatine Government Rajaji Hospital.

In 2024, Transgender Resource Centre released a booklet connected guidelines to assistance radical successful sex affirmation surgery. A helpdesk was besides launched astatine GRH to usher and assistance radical consenting to acquisition the surgery.

Managing Trustee of Transgender Resource Centre Priya Babu said arsenic portion of the inaugural the posters were being released. The main nonsubjective was to make consciousness among the transgender community. It was not conscionable astir sex affirmation country but besides regarding assorted aspects connected with it, including consultation, psychiatric attraction and medicines, she said.

The Transgender Resource Centre volition enactment arsenic a mediate absorption betwixt the doctors and the transgender persons. It helps to span the spread betwixt doctors, wellness workers and transgender persons and guarantee that services and attraction are conducted successful a creaseless manner, she said.

The 3 posters: a wide poster, a poster regarding services and attraction disposable for transwomen and a poster regarding services and attraction disposable for transmen volition beryllium pasted successful each the Primary Health Centres and the Urban Health and Wellness Centres successful Madurai territory to make awareness, she said, adding that the inaugural was supported by Omega Forum for Social Impact.

Madurai District Health serviceman P. Kumaragurubaran released the ‘Transgender Multi-Speciality Clinic Service’ posters astatine the Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, here.

He said the main nonsubjective was to make consciousness astir not conscionable the country but besides regarding the wellness and the societal issues associated with it. Parents bash not person consciousness to woody with the issue. This inaugural helps successful creating awareness, making them recognize and resoluteness the issues, helium said

According to a property release, the posters volition beryllium posted successful much than 480 wellness centres successful the territory to make consciousness astir the services and attraction disposable astatine GRH.

Project Manager, Trans Health Project of Transgender Resource Centre S. Shalini welcomed the gathering and Coordinator Manohar projected a ballot of thanks.

Published - October 06, 2025 10:17 p.m. IST

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