Established in 2004, Modern Awareness Society (MAS) is Andhra Pradesh’s first sexual minorities’ organization committed to protecting the rights of the transgender, gay, hijra and shivshakti community…
Modern Awareness Society (MAS) began its journey in the year 2004 to amplify the voices of the Transgender, Hijra, Gay and Shivshakti community in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh. Driven by our own experiences of being discriminated against and having faced violence, we came together and registered a community-based organization under the Andhra Pradesh Societies Registration Act 35 of 2001 with the aim to provide a better, safer and more possible life for our community members, free from stigma and violence.
A society in which members of the Transgender, Gay, Hijra and Shivshakti community lead a dignified and respectable life, free from stigma and violence.
To work towards the mainstreaming of the community members by reducing stigma and discrimination and enabling access to opportunities for socio-economic and cultural development.
