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India's Transgender Community Faces Healthcare Crisis and Stigma
10/9/2025
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Story summary
- Research in India shows transgender people face distress from stigma and lack of gender-affirming services.
- National surveys overlook transgender experiences, yielding inadequate policy and healthcare responses.
- Gender-affirming care is essential for mental health, reducing dysphoria and suicidal ideation; access remains limited and costly in India.
- Supreme Court of India holds right to life includes healthcare, underscoring GAC needs.
