Madurai Transkitchen - Sumptuous meals, noble cause and a means of livelihood for Trans community
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Run by members of the transgender community, it is a 7-table, 30-seater restaurant located at the heart of Madurai city. The partially solar-powered facility employs eight transgenders on a full-time basis and four on a part-time basis.
Chennai: A trip to Tamil Nadu’s cultural and historical capital Madurai is incomplete without savoring the unique flavors that the city’s numerous eat-outs and hotels offer. The latest to join the city’s sought-after list of dine-ins is one with a noble cause - the Madurai Transkitchen.
Run by members of the transgender community, it is a 7-table, 30-seater restaurant located at the heart of Madurai city. The partially solar-powered facility employs eight transgenders on a full-time basis and four on a part-time basis. The idea behind the restaurant is patterned after a similar initiative that took off in 2019 in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore.
The idea was brought to fruition, thanks to the efforts of three NGOs that have been working with marginalised sections of society and helping in their empowerment.
