Transgender Leadership Conclave Brochure
Transgender Leadership Conclave Brochure
Transgender Leadership Conclave Brochure
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THE CONCLAVE
One Day of Powerful Talks
• TLC will be unique platform that will
enrich the substance for the community
members to take the plunge for
transgender rights through enlightening
2022
workshops.
Introduction
• In the Indian subcontinent, Hijra are eunuchs, intersex people, and transgender people.
Also known as Aravani, Aruvani, Jogappa, citation needed] or (derogatorily) Chhakka,
the hijra community in India prefer to call themselves Kinnar or Kinner, referring to the
mythological beings that excel at song and dance.
• Transgender people are individuals whose gender identities do not pertain to their
biological sex and thus they differ from the stereotype of how men and women normally
are. Transgender people choose different terms to describe themselves.
• There has been a positive movement for the LGBTQAI+ community in recent years, many transgender
feel there's still a lot more to do in the fight for equality.
• In 2018, the Supreme Court of India decriminalized homosexuality by striking down Section 377 of the
Indian Penal Court, terming it unconstitutional in respect of consensual homosexual sex between adults.
• 92 percent of transgender are deprived of the right to participate in any form of economic activity in the
country, with even qualified ones refused jobs.
• In 2017, Kerala's Kochi Metro Rail Limited employed 23 transgender persons, while eight out of them quit
their jobs within a month due to refusal by several landlords to give them accommodation.
• As per 2011 census data, India's Trans population consist of 490,000 people, out of which handful of them
only make it to gainful employment.
Agenda
TIME TOPIC
10:00am-11:00am Registration
11:15am-12:00pm Session 1
(Community Acceptance)
12:15pm-01:00pm Session 2
(Family preference/
Household Reaction)
04:30pm-05:15pm Session 6
(First experience to reality)
At the global level, we have been working with the Embassies and
High Commissions in India and overseas to bring in the
International Best Practices and Business Opportunities.
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