Mitr Trust

मित्रMitr means “friend”

Empowering LGBTQ+ community in India

Community-led healthcare, shelter, education and advocacy, so transgender persons, hijra communities and LGBTQIA+ people can live with dignity.

Community members standing together under rainbow curtains at an awareness training

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Awareness training

Our impact

Since 2005, we have stood beside2,500+community members

Behind every number is a person who found safety, care or a classroom that welcomed them, through two decades of community-led work.

Our founder, Rudrani Chhetri, on living with pride · Interview by The Indic Talks

About Mitr Trust

A friend to our community, since 2005

Mitr Trust is a New Delhi-based Community-Based Organisation established in 2005, working to advance the rights, health, dignity, social inclusion, and socioeconomic empowerment of transgender persons, hijra communities, men who have sex with men (MSM), and other gender and sexual minorities.

  • Healthcare & Well-being
  • Safety & Shelter
  • Education & Livelihoods
  • Rights & Advocacy
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