As I concluded my recent technical support visits and returned to Delhi, I was filled with many thoughts and new learning. This happens every time we visit the community and […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogToo Miniscule for Human Rights and Basic Dignity?
Sreekumar V“…a miniscule fraction of the country’s population constitute lesbians, gays, bisexuals or transgenders…” From the Supreme Court of India’s ruling in December 2013 upholding Section 377 of Indian Penal Code […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogGone with the Wind: A Year of Rights for Transgenders
Sreekumar VOn April 15th 2014, India witnessed a historic victory for the Third Gender movement. The Supreme Court of India recognized transgenders as the “Third Gender” and protected our rights. The […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogTreat Me with Respect!
Sreekumar VAn HIV-positive MSM commented during a Pehchan-supported study on discrimination and stigma in healthcare settings: “I went to a government hospital. The doctor did not treat me well when he […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogThe Visibility of Who We Are
Sreekumar VWe have all read that we need to treat transgenders like everyone else…but do you? Every day transgenders and hijras are heckled, cornered, disowned by their families and thrown out […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogChoti Si Asha: A Little Hope
Sreekumar VThe HIV-positive mother of a newborn passes the first six months of her baby’s life in painful hope. Every moment she frets: is my baby positive or negative? The situation […]Read More
Advocacy, BlogIn My Veins
Sreekumar VDuring my visit to child care homes in Andhra Pradesh in 2014, I met several children who were orphaned or had lost one parent. Almost all of them were living […]Read More