Updated On: 05 November, 2013 01:18 PM IST | | Moeena Halim
The 24x7 toll free Sahaay Helpline offers medical and emotional counsel to the large population of gay and transgender communities across Maharashtra, Delhi and Chattisgarh
Labelled abnormal and shunned by society, men who have sex with men ( MSM) and the transgender community in India face the additional impediment of being at a high risk of HIV infection. While the government attempts to offer help and solutions through targeted interventions ( TIs), they are often unable to reach out to the large number of members in the community.

The gay and transgender communities in India face a high risk of HIV infection