TheOdishaState Legal Services Authority (OSLSA), along with NGO Solidarity and Action Against The HIV Infection in India (SAATHII), launched a
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The legal aid clinic, the first-of-its-kind in Odisha and third in India, will benefit the transgender community in availing of free legal aid services.
Despite an increasingly progressive socio-legal Environment, transgender people continue to face stigma, discrimination and violence in family, Society, accessing public services and inheriting property due to their gender identity.
A large proportion of violence and discrimination was perpetrated by general public (37%), followed by parents, sibling and other biological family members (17%).