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Six years of gender clinics
June 7 , 2025
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- In 2019, Tamil Nadu became the second State in the country, after Kerala, to set up a clinic exclusively for the transgender people at the RGGGH (Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital), Chennai.
- Later, at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai, it offered free gender affirmation surgeries.
- In addition to the clinics in Chennai and Madurai, 10 other gender clinics have also been established in various districts across the State — including Salem, Coimbatore, Tiruchi, Villupuram, Vellore, Dharmapuri, and Thanjavur.
- As of 2024, the hospital has performed 171 gender affirmation surgeries for the transmen and women.
- Trans people aged 18 and above are eligible for surgery.
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