Bhopal Transgenders

Bhopal's transgender community is struggling to survive amid a livelihood crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. The devastating pandemic has left the community with no work and no food.

Ms Singh, 30, a transgender, runs an NGO for her community. When the Madhya Pradesh government requested the NGO, Mitra Shringaar Samiti, last year to be a part of the Swacch Bharat Mission, she happily agreed. It is now the team's mission to campaign from door to door for better sanitation in the villages.

Just months after the Supreme Court recognised transgenders as a third gender, the Madhya Pradesh Government formed a board which will not only maintain a database of transgenders in the state but also provide them with government jobs as per their educational qualifications.

Bhopal's transgender community is struggling to survive amid a livelihood crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. The devastating pandemic has left the community with no work and no food.

Ms Singh, 30, a transgender, runs an NGO for her community. When the Madhya Pradesh government requested the NGO, Mitra Shringaar Samiti, last year to be a part of the Swacch Bharat Mission, she happily agreed. It is now the team's mission to campaign from door to door for better sanitation in the villages.

Just months after the Supreme Court recognised transgenders as a third gender, the Madhya Pradesh Government formed a board which will not only maintain a database of transgenders in the state but also provide them with government jobs as per their educational qualifications.