Entertainment » OtherPosted at: Mar 22 2016 11:24AM Political parties should give tickets to LGBTQ groups in polls : CBOsChennai, Mar 22 (UNI) Members of various civil society organisations, NGOs and Community Based Organisations (CBOs) today appealed to all political parties to provide opportunities for sexual and gender minorities, including LGBTQ groups, to contest the May 16 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. At a joint media interaction organised by the Indian Community Welfare Organisation (ICWO) here, they also appealed to the Election Commission to reserve seats for the members of these communities. ICWO Founder Secretary A J Hariharan said Tamil Nadu has been a pioneer in protecting and promoting the rights of minority groups, including groups marginalized because of religion, language, sexuality and gender. ''In the recent past there has been a strong demand for representation of sexual and gender minorities in the political sphere. In the ensuing elections several people from the Sexual and Gender minority groups have applied for nominations to different political parties seeking tickets to contest the elections'', he added. He said transwomen like Ragasiya, (DMK), Radhika (DMDK) and Sudha (AIADMK) have already applied with the respective parties expressing their desire to contest the polls. MORE UNI GV VS RSS 1115Tags: #Political parties should give tickets to LGBTQ groups in polls : CBOs