Report and Acnowledgement of 3oth April Transgender's Day as a Black Day

[Guest guest]

Programme Schedule Time: Event: Venue: 10.00 am Exhibition, Esplanade (Near Raas Mani Road ) To Signature Campaign & on the Podium 6.00pm Panel Discussion

2.00 pm Press Conference Esplanade (Near Raas Mani Road ) To on the Podium 3.00pm

4.00 pm Rally From College square to Esplanade

To & (Near Raas Mani Road , 6.30pm Speeches by the Guest, on the Podium) Leaders of NTHB Exhibition: All the document related to Violence, General Diary and FIR report to the police station, Photo related with violence with the TG/Hijra, any sensitization or awareness programme, paper cutting etc. near the Podium on the Road where public can access easily. Two volunteers was also standing beside exhibition who were telling the public about the exhibition, Transgender's Day and Black Day related quarries. Signature Campaign: Signature Campaign was also going from the morning to till evening. There were seven copies for the signature of the public and seven volunteers were going and telling to the public which was also written in the signature list that they are also agreed that there should be separate indentity and recognition for Transgender/Hijra in the society. Transgender/Hijra also get all the privileges like other human being in India . Panel Discussion: Panel discussion was there from 12pm to 1pm on the podium. Many public also taken interest and asked many questions related with the event Transgender’s Day, Black Day, difference between Transgender/Hijra and MSM etc. Not only men, there were few women also who were asking many questions regarding all this. We have discussed a lot about the violence, stigma and discrimination with the Transgender/Hijra community. Many Organizations, Leaders and Activist of LGBTH community boycott this event for their personal reason but this is also true many Women Organizations, Sexual minority community and organizations and many sex workers including their organizations and sex worker children organization and Individuals Leaders and Activist were participated in the

panel discussion. Press meet: Many State wise, National and International media and press were present in the event. They reported and Articulated all the events nicely. Rally: Rally started at 4.15pm from the college square and reached at Rani Raas Mani Avenue near Esplande at 5.15pm. After that some speeches had been given by the Hijra Guru (Mahua Guru), Sapna Gayan (FSW) from DMSC, Sujit Ram and Dilip Roy from Trinmool Congress and some Leaders and Activist of LGBTH who are working last many years for the rights of LGBTH. There were 165 members including community and non-community people attended this Rally. Rally was covered by the Police with the Special Branch nicely. Special request had been made by the ATHB to the Special Branch and LalBazar because some people who had given threat to some members of ATHB. We were expecting more participants in this Rally but MSM network of West Bengal had given strict instruction to all the staff to not attend the

Event and Rally of “Transgender’s Day†(30th April, 2010).

Acnowledgement We are very thankful to all the participants and others who because of some reason could not attend the Event but they support a lot by giving Donations, Ideas, Support, Appreciate and Technical Support. 1> Meena Seshu Saraswati ( Sangram, Sangli) 2> Sangama, Bangalore 3> Ashodaya, Karnatake 4> Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, Kolkata 5> Komal Gandhar, (D.M.S.C.) Kolkata 6> Amara Padatik, Kolkata 7> Anand Sharma (Savera, Delhi ) 8> Dr. Dipanwita Hazari, FPA INDIA , Kolkata 9> Pawan Dhall 10>Amitava Sarkar 11>Nari-o-Shishu Kalyan Kendra, Howrah , West Bengal 12> Amitava Bhattasali, BBC World Service, Kolkata 13>Satya Sundar Mishra, SAKHA, Bhubaneshwar 14> Cine Nirvana Productions, Blackburn , Maleburn 15> Laxmi Narayan Tripathi 16> Astitva, Mumbai 17> Nandini (Cheshta), Uttar Pradesh 18> Pradipto Roy, (Animation Faculty, NID), Ahmedabad 19> Tarun Mukherjee, Advocate, Bankshall Court , Kolkata 20> Anirban Ghosh, (Student of NID), Ahmedabad 21> Ulka Nari Sangha, Demra (Dhaka), Bangladesh 22> Durjoy Nari Sangha, Mohammadpur (Dhaka), Bangladesh 23> Sauvik Sarkar, TV Media Personality and Short film maker, Kolkata 24> Dr. Rajtsubra Mukhopaddhaya, MBBS.DSC+DCIT+DNB-TRD,PAD, Kolkata 25> Pratap Sharma, Working for a Corporate sector, Chennai 26> Annie Raja, General Secretary of NFIW, Delhi 27> Anuradha Kapoor (Swayam, Kolkata) 28> Teerredes Hommes, Shanto Bakshi, Kolkata 29> Sujit and Dilip, Trinmool Congress, Kolkata 30> Binod Yadav, Sabuj Pata Club, Kolkata 31> Gokhale Sporting Club, Kolkata 32> Malini Bhattacharya, Women’s Commission, Kolkata Special thanks to Pinki Banerjee (Bhaskar). She was not well but she Walked in the Rally which is really appreciated. She was the example of all the Transgenders/Hijras community who love the community more than her life.