Susan's Place Logo

News:

Since its founding in 1995 Susan's Place forums have blossomed into a truly global lifeline. To date we've delivered roughly 1.4 billion page views to hundreds of millions of unique visitors, guided more than 41,000 registered members through 1,985,081 posts and 188,474 topics across 193 boards, and—most importantly—helped save tens of thousands of lives by connecting people to vital information and support at their most vulnerable moments.

Main Menu

Dance, gritty ladies, dance

Started by Natasha, May 30, 2009, 11:08:52 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

Natasha

May 30, 2009, 11:08:52 AM
Dance, gritty ladies, dance

Link
5/30/09

Narthaki's angst was visible in her kajal-laden eyes. Shakthi was beside her, sitting coy, and silently agreeing, as she has always done. Together, they dispelled a silent camaraderie, something that helped them tide over storms since their birth as transgenders. Something that helped them create a world of their own, a world of dance, of constant learning. It is this camaraderie that even now helps them dance away the odds that greet them day in and day out.
 
  •  

nathan

#1
May 31, 2009, 08:06:57 PM
QuoteWe live in an odd society, where divine transgenders [Lord Krishna's form as a transgender is revered] are worshipped, but their flesh-and-blood counterparts are insulted.

I will never understand that. The one thing that really drew me into Hinduism and Indian culture was the imagery of Krishna (or Shiva) as both male and female.
  •  
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions