After She-Taxi, Kerala to launch G-Taxi for transgenders

 

Transgenders, who are striving hard to find a place in mainstream society, will soon turn entrepreneurs in Kerala with the launch of a taxi service which will be owned and operated by them, a first in the state.

After unveiling the first Transgender Policy in the country with an aim to end societal stigma towards the Transgender (TG) community, the state government is now getting ready to launch 'Gender Taxi', owned and operated by transgenders.

The objective of 'G-Taxi' programme is to provide a better means for livelihood for the minority group and to ensure them non-discriminatory treatment in society.

The state-run Gender Park, under the Department of SocialJustice, has drawn up a programme to roll out G-Taxi on the model of its successful all-women cab network She-Taxi.

If She-Taxi has targetted mainly women commuters, 'G-Taxi' is envisaged as an 'equality taxi', in which all travellers, irrespective of their gender, can avail service.

If everything goes as planned, the first fleet of G-Taxi cabs will be rolled out in the state by March 2016

State Minister for Social Justice M K Muneer said the G-Taxi is part of the government's first step towards the practical implementation of the TG Policy, unveiled in November 2015

"We have unveiled the transgender policy with an aim to improve the life and living conditions of TG community. The G-Taxi is the first major step as part of the implementation of the TG Policy," Muneer told