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News and Events => Opinions & Editorials => Topic started by: Natasha on October 31, 2010, 01:19:52 AM

Title: Suicide rates in the transgender community see alarming spike
Post by: Natasha on October 31, 2010, 01:19:52 AM
Suicide rates in the transgender community see alarming spike

http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_suicide-rates-in-the-transgender-community-see-alarming-spike_1460096 (http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_suicide-rates-in-the-transgender-community-see-alarming-spike_1460096)
10/31/10

It's hard to miss her wide smile, deep dark kohl-rimmed eyes, and her swift moves, negotiating the heavy traffic, as she goes about begging in her broken English on Commercial Street on a Friday afternoon.

Meet Sundari, a 30-year-old transgender, who almost religiously comes to Commercial Street to beg — which she proudly claims is her profession. "I am a beggar. I have no qualms in calling myself a beggar," she says, proudly.