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Title: India- Stereotypes do not apply any more
Post by: SandraJane on February 26, 2012, 11:05:06 AM
Post by: SandraJane on February 26, 2012, 11:05:06 AM
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Stereotypes do not apply any more
Ritu Bhatia New Delhi, February 23, 2012 | UPDATED 13:20 IST
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Transgender author S.Revathi's book was a big success.
Most of us have seen them either on reality TV, harassing people at weddings or births, or begging on the streets. There really has been no middle ground for the transgender community in India so far. But signs of change are imminent.
Transgender author S. Revathi's autobiography The Truth about Me was shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize last year. The former director of Sangama, an NGO for sexual minorities, Revathi is a well known activist face of the transgender community in south India.
Stereotypes do not apply any more
Ritu Bhatia New Delhi, February 23, 2012 | UPDATED 13:20 IST
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/stereotypes-about-transgenders-do-not-apply-any-more/1/174910.html (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/stereotypes-about-transgenders-do-not-apply-any-more/1/174910.html)
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Transgender author S.Revathi's book was a big success.
Most of us have seen them either on reality TV, harassing people at weddings or births, or begging on the streets. There really has been no middle ground for the transgender community in India so far. But signs of change are imminent.
Transgender author S. Revathi's autobiography The Truth about Me was shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize last year. The former director of Sangama, an NGO for sexual minorities, Revathi is a well known activist face of the transgender community in south India.