'Stop treating eunuchs as second-class citizens'

[Shana A]

'Stop treating eunuchs as second-class citizens'
Last updated on: April 27, 2010 13:36 IST

http://news.rediff.com/interview/2010/apr/27/stop-treating-eunuchs-as-second-class-citizens.htm

Besides being the 'unofficial spokesperson' of the eunuch community and gay activism, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is one of the prominent eunuch celebrities of India [ Images ]. Recently she was in the news for being chucked out of the Bombay Gymkhana.

Intelligent, well educated and bold, a trait common among the transgender community, Laxmi she is busy working for the welfare of the sexual minorities through her non governmental organisation Astitva. Laxmi speaks to N Ganesh on the discrimination faced by her and the members of her community.

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Why does the eunuch community sympathise with homosexuals?

We share the same discrimination in society. Eunuchs and gays are disowned by their families and not accepted by the society. We identify ourselves as a sexual minority, and hence we sympathise (or empathise?) with homosexuals.