Hyderabad’s QT centre: A safe haven for the queer and trans community
The QT Center in Hyderabad serves as a supportive space for the queer and trans community, addressing ongoing discrimination and violence. Established in April 2023, it offers various activities, mental health services, and legal support to its visitors. The center aims to create a safe environment where individuals can express themselves freely and seek assistance when needed.
- ▪The QT Center was launched in April 2023 to support the LGBTQIA+ community in Hyderabad.
- ▪It provides mental health services, legal aid, and a variety of community activities.
- ▪The center operates from Wednesday to Sunday and encourages walk-ins for participation.
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Even six years after the Supreme Court passed its landmark judgement decriminalising homosexuality, the queer community continues to suffer physical and emotional violence and systemic discrimination in both the private and public spheres. As homophobia and stigma prevail,the queer community laments the inability to ‘be themselves’ in the spaces they occupy. The Queer-Trans Wellness & Support Center (QT Center), a first-of-its-kind resource centre, was started in April 2023, in Habsiguda, Hyderabad – to provide an open and freeing space for the LGBTQIA+ community to exist, unapologetically.
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