Thiruvananthapuram: The government has started the steps to frame the protocol to carry out gender reassignment operations in the state, after the death of Anannyah Kumari Alex, a transgender who was suspected of committing suicide for undergoing surgery.
Social Justice and Minister of Higher Education R Bindu said in Monday that the Transgender Justice Council, chaired by the Minister, who met on July 23 decided to form an expert committee to make physical and mental recommendations faced by the transgender community and frame the protocol for operation gender rearrance.
“At present, there is no protocol in the state for gender assignment operations and it is only done in private hospitals.
There are no special guidelines about the treatment methods, follow-up and maintenance quality.
It has come to government notifications that this causes some health problems Mental and physical.
After the death of Anannyah Kumari Alex recently, the government found it necessary to intervene in this matter, “Minister said.
The Board meeting decided to entrust the expert committee to learn and provide recommendations to provide the necessary training to the doctor, who was an expert in the operation, in the government sector, while also preparing a protocol based on world care standards for health transgender, the Minister said.
Along with health experts, the committee will include transgender representatives and representatives of those who work to lift the transgender community.
The minister said that the Expert Committee would submit the report in three months.
The committee’s recommendation will be examined and the government will take action based on it.
The Board has also entrusted the Director of Social Justice to make the recommendations needed to provide health insurance for members of the Transgender Community and to include them in the priority list of lives mission recipients.
The government has also entrusted the Director of Social Justice to accelerate steps to frame the rules to implement the provisions of Transgender (Rights Protection) Act, 2019, said minister.
In addition, the Board will also urge the Department of Public Education and Height to examine the possibility of entering topics on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics in the education curriculum.
It has been decided to order a chair in all courses in all institutions under the Department of Higher Education for members of the Transgender Community, the Minister said.