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Tamil Nadu State Policy for Transgender Persons 2025
August 2 , 2025
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- Chief Minister M.K. Stalin released the Tamil Nadu State Policy for Transgender Persons 2025.
- The policy said that the State would take steps to amend the Hindu Succession Act, Indian Succession Act
- It aims to ensure right of inheritance to transgender and intersex persons.
- The policy says transgenders will be treated as socially and educationally most disadvantaged and would be give preference in housing schemes.
- The State would ensure that all educational institutions would change the name and gender in academic certificates of transgender and transpersons, as per the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019.
- Steps would be taken to amend Juvenile Justice Act and other relevant acts to address concerns of gender non-conforming persons.
- The state will operate a round-the-clock helpline for gender-related queries.
- TN has been a pioneer in introducing welfare measures for transgenders.
- It is from setting up a Transgender Welfare Board to providing a dignified nomenclature – ‘Thirunangai and Thiru Nambi’ to them.
- Tamil Nadu established the country's first Welfare Board for transgender persons under the DMK government in April 15, 2008.
- April 15 is observed as Transgender Welfare Day in Tamilnadu.
- TN was also the first state to provide a third gender option in college application forms alongside male and female.
- The only shortcoming is that the policy doesn't explicitly mention reservation for transgenders.
- Though it states that the state will take necessary steps to ensure their appropriate representation in educational institutions and govt employment.
- Currently, transgenders are provided reservation under MBC.
- But the Karnataka govt provides an exclusive 1% reservation for them.
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