Eunuchs Raped by local Gang & assaulted by hired goons ??

BANGALORE: They are discriminated against every step of the way but are forced to live with it. Here's a voice for them from none other than a senior judge. "Transgenders should be given a choice to select the gender of their choice. There is also a need to make reservation for the minority sex. They should come under the same category as widows, Army persons or handicapped," said Justice Manjula Chellur, senior judge of Karnataka high court. 

Speaking at Navjeevana - organized by Initiatives for Development Foundation (IDF), she said: "The police department must be sensitized towards this community. Also, they should be given access to basic social and economic rights such as passport, voter's ID card and ration card. They are visible (to the eyes), but invisible in every other aspect because they don't yet have social acceptance. The social welfare department is not taking enough steps in favour of this community. If proper steps will not be taken in due time, then I am considering filing a public interest litigation (PIL) for them," said Justice Chellur. She also said that connecting transgenders with the mainstream is required. "Society should be humane to them," she said. 

C Manjula, chairperson of Karnataka Mahila Aayog, said transgenders must be brought to the mainstream. "There should not be prejudice against them. Supporting them will help bring change in the society," she said.
Well-known Kannada actress Jayanthi, a supporter of transgenders, said addressing them: "It is not your fault that you are born this way. Learn to walk proud."

Priyanka, the famous radio jockey and first transgender to undergo a sex change operation, shared her thoughts with the audience. She said: "There is a misconception that we can only be beggars or sex workers, but now others can take my example." She also gave credit for her success to Sangama and Samara, the two organizations working with the transgender community." 

 

Navjeevana is a Hivos-sponsored initiative of IDF to explore and expand livelihood options for transgenders (in and around Bangalore) whose known sources of income currently are sex work and begging. 

KOLKATA, India (AP) - Eunuchs in India are demanding an end to discrimination against them and access to government welfare programs.

The term eunuch is used in India to describe transvestites, transsexuals and others who identify themselves as neither male nor female but as a members of a third gender.

The term eunuch is used in India to describe transvestites, transsexuals and others who identify themselves as neither male nor female but as a members of a third gender.

Eunuchs pose at the entrance of the venue of the All India Eunuch Conference, demanding an end to discrimination against them and access to government welfare programs, in Pandua, 75 kilometers (47 miles) north of Kolkata, India.  (Source:Bikas Das)

Sobha Haldar, the secretary of a eunuch group, said around 3,000 eunuchs were meeting in Kolkata on Monday to draft a strategy to highlight the poverty, discrimination and sexual abuse faced by them.

The eunuchs are demanding a quota of government jobs, health care and subsidized food.

There are about 700,000 eunuchs living in India. They traditionally survive by begging, dancing at weddings, or blessing newborn babies, and are frequently subjected to discrimination.

CHENNAI: Amal Raj, a 35-year-old transgender of Pallikaranai, was allegedly raped by a gang in the city on Wednesday night. The condition of the victim, who was admitted to the Stanley Medical College Hospital, is said to be critical. A local gang which had reportedly been forcing the transgender to sell a 1200 sq ft plot of land in Pallikaranai is being suspected for the crime.


"Amal Raj who on Wednesday evening went to a shop for some purchases later disappeared. His parents Fernandez and Phelomina, who searched for him all night, found him unconscious in a vacant plot of land early on Thursday. Medical examination confirmed that he had been sexually assaulted," said the police. A case was registered and investigations begun.


It is pity. Even "transgenders" are not able to walk/live "freely" in Tamil Nadu and THAT TOO in CHENNAI. All credit goes to Jaya's police system, ultimately. Hats off to Jaya's government.

 

CHENNAI: A 34-year-old transgender has been admitted in Stanley Hospital with grievous injuries following an assault, allegedly linked with a land grab bid.

According to family members, Amul Raj was molested and beaten up by goons hired by a real estate broker. They also claimed that the police, instead of taking action against the offenders, had threatened them saying they would register a case of attempted suicide against the transgender.

Raj, who lives at Bharathidasan Second Street in Pallikaranai, is a fortune-teller. On July 24, she went to a nearby shop, but did not return the whole day. But her mother Philomena wasn’t worried as she assumed that Raj had gone to her sister’s house in the same area.

On Monday afternoon, Philomena got a message from a neighbour informing that Raj was found lying in a bushy area near the Pallikaranai Police Station with grievous injuries. After undergoing treatment in a hospital at Medavakkam, Raj returned home. That was when she told the family about the molestation bid and assault by a five-member gang. Raj attributed the fresh attack to the same gang that had carried out another attack a month ago. Philomena lodged a complaint with the Pallikaranai police.

Meanwhile, Raj developed convulsions and was admitted to a hospital at Washermenpet and was later shifted to Stanley Hospital.

According to family members, Raj underwent a head surgery and was in a critical condition. “Doctors found injuries in Raj’s genitals. There was bleeding in her brain as well. We fear for her life,” said Philomena.

“Raj said the broker was part of the gang that carried out attack on both occasions. The broker has been trying to grab our land. We suspect that the attack could have been his plan to threaten us,” said Lawrence, younger brother of Raj.

Philomena said they had purchased over 1,800 square feet land at Pallikaranai� from a real estate agent some 12 years ago for Rs 35,000. After the sale, the agent had asked for an additional amount of Rs 16,000, which the family refused.

“We built a small house on the land and during rains, our house used to get flooded. Only then we realised that it was a lake area that was encroached upon and later sold to us,” said Lawrence.

The family also alleged that the Pallikaranai police, who were supposed to conduct an inquiry based on their complaint, were instead threatening them. “The policemen came to the hospital and threatened my sister Mercy to give a different complaint, saying that Raj attempted suicide,” recalled Lawrence.

However, Pallikaranai Inspector Chandra Sekar rubbished the charge. “We have detained three persons in connection with the attack. It is a sexual offence,” he said.