“Government has given me a home and now I have a tea stall of my own. Wish to become self-dependent rather than begging around.” Jamila is a 48-year-old transgender living in the Andharia Sutirpar cluster village in Sherpur. On two acres of special land in Sherpur Sadar upazila a cluster village for 40 transgender people was built by government. The village is now home of 34 transgender whom the district administration relocated on June 7 and handed them over the lands and houses. Read: Tashnuva Anan makes history as first transgender woman to present the news in Bangladesh Upon visiting the village, the residents transgender were seen rearing poultries, some cultivating vegetables, fish farming or some working as tailors. People who once were disowned by their own families seemed beaming with potentiality and hope for self-employment. None of them wish to go back to the age of begging, extortion, and humiliation. Baishakhi, another transgender, said that with the Tk 5000 fund given by Upazila Nirbahi Officer and her own savings she brought 24 chickens and 25 ducks. With the money earned from selling eggs Baishakhi wishes to get back to a decent life with self-reliance. Read COVID-19: Bidyanondo stands beside transgender community with foods