Transgender beauty pageant to debut in India

[Shana A]

Transgender beauty pageant to debut in India
by Hannah Clay Wareham
Bay Windows
Monday Sep 14, 2009

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=96164

The first annual Miss India contest, a beauty pageant for transgender women, will be held on Dec. 19 in Chennai, the Times of India reported Sept. 2.

India's non-profit organizations are coming together to plan the event in the hopes that it will unite the community and battle social stigma against transgender people in the country.