LUCKNOW: Queer support group has started a fundraising campaign on social media, titled -‘Trans Community Fundraiser’, to raise help and provide financial assistance to the poor transgenders who have been affected severely by the pandemic yet again.
The money which will be raised will help in providing food and medical assistance to needy transgender people who are facing a shortage of funds. Members said that since the trans people earn their living through begging in buses, trains, religious ceremonies. In these absence of these sources of income due to lockdown and cancellation of events they cannot move out, resulting in major risk of financial crunch and ill-health.
The Queer Support Group is a group from LGBT community whose supporters have been regularly conducting meetings and events to build solidarity. “The group has raised Rs 1,52,692 and aims for more,” said Aditya Vikram who created the campaign on the crowdfunding platform Milaap.
