KK Shailaja dropped from cabinet that will be sworn in on May 20 and form the new government in Kerala.

He also promised a total of 12000 toilets to be constructed across the state for men and women. CM Vijayan said that this was one of the most requested necessities in many cities and hence this would be completed within this calendar year.

An amount of Rs 2 lakh will be reimbursed to those transgender persons who wish to have sex change surgery, the Kerala government has announced. In order to bring the transgender community to the mainstream, the government has decided to foot the bill of their genital reconstruction surgery. An amount up to Rs 2 lakh will be reimbursed as hospital […]

There is good news for the transgender community in Kerala. The state government is gearing up to start ‘shelter homes’ for those who join its special literacy program. The government has introduced schemes with an objective to bring the transgender community to the mainstream. Following the launch, Health Minister K K Shylaja on Thursday urged […]

A Kerala minister has intervened to prevent a primitive ritual from taking place in a Thiruvananthapuram temple. The temple authorities had announced a ‘Kaliyoot’ festival, where people would donate blood to bathe Goddess Kali, TOI reported. Bhadrakali temple in Vithura had advertised plans in flyers to conduct a Mahakhora Kali Yagnam using devotees’ blood. The news went viral on social media […]

In a bid to make sanitary napkins accessible to all, Kerala government on Wednesday launched “She Pad“. It is a scheme to distribute free sanitary napkins to girl students from classes VI to XII in government and aided private schools affiliated with the state board. With this affirmative measure, Kerala has become the first state government […]

The Kerala government has started a new initiative to set up clinics exclusively for transgender people in all medical colleges of the state. The clinics will also be able to carry out sex-change surgery in the state-run medical colleges. The state government’s decision will go a long way in providing basic facilities for the transgender community. The […]

Transgender people will soon be able to have a house of their own in Kerala, as the state government is introducing a housing scheme for them. The scheme, which will be implemented with the help of local bodies and NGOs, aims at de-stigmatising the community and helping the financially weak among the transgender community. The […]

The Kerala government is planning a statewide education program for transgenders. It has launched a 10-day long survey to estimate the amount of transgender people in the state.