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Title: Transgender India: Banned in Bombay?
Post by: Shana A on April 11, 2010, 08:50:13 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 11, 2010, 08:50:13 AM
Transgender India: Banned in Bombay?
Prominent activist Laxmi Tripathi suffers the very discrimination that she fights.
By Hanna Ingber Win — GlobalPost
Published: April 10, 2010 09:52 ET
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/100409/india-transgender-scandal-banned-bombay (http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/100409/india-transgender-scandal-banned-bombay)
MUMBAI, India — Laxmi Tripathi stands tall and proud. She — who used to go by he — wears her hair long, her eyes decorated with thick black eyeliner and a low-cut top that reveals a hint of cleavage. Bangles adorn her wrists. Hailed as a success story in India, Tripathi has spoken at the United Nations and addressed conferences around the world on the rights of the transgender community.
Prominent activist Laxmi Tripathi suffers the very discrimination that she fights.
By Hanna Ingber Win — GlobalPost
Published: April 10, 2010 09:52 ET
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/100409/india-transgender-scandal-banned-bombay (http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/100409/india-transgender-scandal-banned-bombay)
MUMBAI, India — Laxmi Tripathi stands tall and proud. She — who used to go by he — wears her hair long, her eyes decorated with thick black eyeliner and a low-cut top that reveals a hint of cleavage. Bangles adorn her wrists. Hailed as a success story in India, Tripathi has spoken at the United Nations and addressed conferences around the world on the rights of the transgender community.