Activist claims threat to life for helping queer couple in TN
New Indian ExpressTHOOTHUKUDI: A trans woman activist has alleged a threat to her life as well as to that of the transgender community living in Sandeep Nagar near Kovilpatti for helping a queer couple. In her petition submitted to Chief Minister's cell and the Thoothukudi superintendent of police, Thirunar Urimai Foundation president Grace Banu said the transgender community in Sandeep Nagar had provided shelter to the couple - 19-year-old Karthiga, a cisgender woman from VK Puram in Tirunelveli, and a trans male minor from Thalamuthunagar in Thoothukudi. Sources said though the transgender community had produced Karthiga at the VK Puram police station on May 25 after a woman missing complaint was filed by her family, she refused to go with her relatives and returned to Sandeep Nagar. Meanwhile, the parents of Karthiga and a few "casteist goons" laid seige to Sandeep Nagar and issued death threats to the transgender community for protecting the couple.
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