PREVIOUS
✖
Transgender Welfare Day – April 15
April 19 , 2021
1308 days
10487
0
- Tamil Nadu established the country’s first Welfare Board for transgender persons under the DMK government in 2008.
- In 2006, then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi replaced the former title ‘aravani’ and replaced it with the more dignified ‘Thirunangai’.
- A Welfare Board was set up with this name under the Social Welfare Department.
- In April 15th, 2014, the Supreme Court in its judgment in the National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India case, recognised the transgender community as ‘third gender’.
- In 2019 the AIADMK-led government replaced the word ‘thirunangai’ with the title ‘moondram paalinathavar’ (those belonging to the ‘third gender’).
Leave a Reply
Your Comment is awaiting moderation.