Posted on 03/03/2025 4:27:36 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
India's first medical clinic for transgender people has shut operations in three cities after US President Donald Trump stopped foreign aid to it.
Mitr (friend) Clinic, which was started in 2021 in the southern city of Hyderabad, offered HIV treatment, gender affirming support and counselling services to thousands of transgender people.
In Hyderabad, the Mitr Clinic offered care to 150 to 200 transgender patients each month, many of whom suffered from HIV. The clinic had a small team of doctors, psychologists and technical staff.
"We were receiving 250,000 rupees ($2900; £2300) every month to provide services," Rachana Mudraboyina, a trans woman who was in-charge of the clinic, told BBC Hindi.
The news of the clinic's closure has come as a blow to the community.
Vyjayanti Vasanta Mogli, a trans woman who has visited the clinic, told The Indian Express newspaper that she was "devastated" by the news as the clinic used to offer treatment at subsidised rates.
Another trans woman, who was hoping to avail of the clinic's gender affirming services, told the Express that she was sad that she would no longer be able to do this.
India is estimated to have around two million transgender people, though activists say the number is higher.
There are state-run and private hospitals that offer medical help to the community, but many say they prefer going to Mitr Clinics because they find it more affordable and inclusive.
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Perfect!
Great! Let India pay for it if its such a great idea...
Same with every other similar program world-wide.
“India’s first medical clinic for transgender people has shut operations...”
With all of their engineering and tech prowess, they should be able to afford their own weirdos.
What a tragedy. /sarcasm
Thank you President Trump.
Now the Indian government can fleece its own people to pay for this insanity.
Why have I been having to pay for this crappola?
Bravo! The USA Funding perversion and mental illness is over (well, overseas and for now)
Oh no!
The reality is that if the perverts die, they don’t need funds for treatment.
You were drafted in the war to make the world safe for perverts.
Historic!
You're so right. This clinic was started in 2021 using our money. That's what the RATS meant when they said after Biden took office that the adults were back in charge.
Every Republican member of Congress should be mailing lists of how the Democrats used USAID to piss our money away around the world instead of leaving the media to cast President Trump and Musk as villains for cutting off these programs. Take the top 10 or 20 programs and let people see it for themselves.
So?
Good.
NEXT!!!
Good post.
I would list more than one hundred LGBT programs on each mailer—a couple in large print and the rest in smaller print.
Folks out there have no clue of the scale of this stuff.
If it’s so important why can’t the Indian govt pay for it?
Another cash fire put out good deal.
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