Description
The Humsafar Trust (HST), India’s first Community-Based Organization for LGBTQ+ people, was founded in 1994 by a small group of three self-identified gay men in Mumbai. The Humsafar Trust has been working on LGBTQ+ health and well-being for more than 30 years. The Trust started by welcoming self-identified gay and lesbian individuals and transgender and Hijra persons to its programmes on Fridays at its drop-in center. Numerous workshops on health and well-being were held at the drop-in center, and it soon became evident that the trust would need to work hard to protect the community’s interests.
The HIV interventions of The Humsafar Trust are supported by National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) and Mumbai District AIDS Control Society (MDACS), to provide health services to Men who have sex with Men and Transgender communities every year through public and private health care delivery systems and its In-house clinics.
Source
Language
English
Date
1994
