Expert Committee Report on Transgender

The Committe was constituted in 2013 to study in-depth of the problems being faced by the transgender community and suggest suitable measures to address them. It submitted the report in 2014.

Observations and Recommendations of the Committee: It was suggested to constitute a committee to study the problems of the community and suggest, within a specified time frame, suitable measures to address them.

• Passport authorities and Election Commission may consider replacing the existing column of ‘other’ by the term ‘Transgender Gender’.
• Sensitize police about the human rights abuse of the TG (Transgender) community and take appropriate steps to stop abuse, and consider creation of special cell for this purpose.
• To customize intervention in health prevention and issues like Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), Sex re-assignment Surgery (SRS).
• There should be a special exercise to obtain the correct estimate of the population of the community. The community should be involved in this exercise.
• District authorities should be advised to protect the community from harassment.
• The Government should take steps to sensitize the general community so as to create a supportive and enabling environment for the TG community.
• The Transgender community should be involved in designing any programs and interventions for the community.
• The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MSJE) should compile the existing experiences /interventions taken by many States like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Sikkim, and Delhi, etc.
• There should be a focus on establishing linkages with livelihood programs, literacy program and other development programs like Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojna, Indira Awas Yojna and other schemes of MSJE for needy persons from TG community. MSJE should take efforts to make these social welfare schemes more accessible to the community.