• Dr R. Ramya
• Anju C.S

Marginalized and vulnerable communities are always seriously lagging behind in the human development indices. Social exclusion of transgender community is one of the crucial problems that we witness in and around our society which includes social rejection and violence they face. Due to the staggering levels of discrimination, humiliation and violence trans community faced at multiple levels, many committed suicides. This paper tries to examine the intensity of such discrimination and humiliation faced by transgenders especially trans women through the construction of a Transgender Problem Index (TGPI). It is quite true that these communities are marginalized but the intensity of the problems they faced is varied, and the construction of such an index will help us to know the severity of the problems they faced.

Transgender, Trans Women, Transgender Problem index, TGPI

"TRANSGENDER PROBLEM INDEX (TGPI): A SPECIAL FOCUS ON TANSWOMEN IN KERALA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.823-829, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907573.pdf

"TRANSGENDER PROBLEM INDEX (TGPI): A SPECIAL FOCUS ON TANSWOMEN IN KERALA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp823-829, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907573.pdf