Mizoram: Mizo Association opposes construction of LGBTQI shelter home

Aizwal: Mizoram’s apex civil society organisation Young Mizo Association (YMA) has strongly opposed the proposed construction of a shelter home for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or those questioning their gender identity or sexual orientation) and intersex (LGBTQI) community in the state, a top leader of the organisation said on Monday.

The state urban development and poverty alleviation (UD&PA) department had on December 6 issued a notice inviting tender for the construction of a shelter home for the LGBTQI community at Sakawrtuichhun on the western outskirts of the state capital Aizawl. 

Leaders of the central committee of the Young Mizo Association or Central YMA on Monday met chief minister Zoramthanga and urged him to cancel the project, the organisation president R. Lalngheta said.