Karnataka government has announced housing scheme for transgenders, who are facing social boycott, in Bengaluru. Bengaluru Development Minister, KJ George, announced the housing scheme for over 600 transgenders living in the city and facing social exclusion. The scheme will come up on 50 acres land on the outskirts of the city where the government is building a township for the economically weaker sections of society.

Transgenders

• Transgender people experience a mismatch between their gender identity or gender expression and their assigned sex.
• Other definitions include third-gender people as transgender or conceptualize transgender people as a third gender, and infrequently the term is defined very broadly to include cross-dressers.
• Being transgender is independent of sexual orientation; transgender people may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, etc., or may consider conventional sexual orientation labels inadequate or inapplicable.

Karnataka

• The word “Karnataka” is derived from the Kannada words “Karu” and “Nadu” which means “Elevated Land”.
• The Land area of Karnataka is 191,791 sq. km. Karnataka holds 8^th position in area wise.
• In Karnataka, 83% and 11% population are Hindu and Muslim respectively and remaining others includes Christian, Jain and Buddhist, etc.
• The Official Language of Karnataka is Kannada.