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| Founded | September 2, 2011 in Madurai, India |
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Srishti Madurai was established on 2 September 2011 by Gopi Shankar Madurai as the first genderqueer and LGBT student volunteer group designed to address the problems of LGBT people in the non-metro cities of Tamil Nadu. [1] [2] [3] In October 2011, Srishti Madurai launched India's first helpline for intersex, genderqueer, and LGBT people in Madurai. In June 2013, the helpline turned to offer service for 24 hours with a tagline "Just having someone understanding to talk to can save a life". [4] Srishti Madurai also organized Asia's first Genderqueer Pride Parade at Madurai. [5]
Srishti Madurai coined the regional Tamil terms for genderqueer people [6] and published Maraikkappatta Pakkangal, the first book [7] on gender-variants in Tamil. [8] On 22 April 2019, the Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) passed a landmark judgment [9] and issued a direction to ban sex-selective surgeries on intersex infants while referring to the work of Srishti Madurai. [10] The Court took note of the rampant practice of compulsory sex reassignment surgeries performed on intersex infants and children. [11] [12]
The first ever state policy briefing on intersex human rights was organised with Intersex Asia Network, COC Netherlands and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in July 2019. [13]
