*TRIGGER WARNING*
These transgender leaders battle all odds
By Amritha K R - CHENNAI, September 2, 2013 08:21 AM

Princy was among the 200 odd leaders from the transgender community gathered for the two-day State-level conference for transgender community based organisation leaders organised by the Tamil Nadu Aids Initiative (TAI) here on Saturday.

Princy runs a successful catering business in Coimbatore that specialises in biriyani. Known as the Biriyani Masters, Princy and her team arrange smoking hot biriyanis for every event — be it a wedding, a temple feast or a birthday party.

The orders could be placed over phone. "There are around 60 people who work with me in the catering service. According to the order we get, they earn anywhere between Rs 800 and Rs 1,500 per day," she says.

But life had not been this promising always, she says. After finishing her degree, she got a job in a popular bank. "But the experience was horrible. I was often teased and abused, which included sexual harassment.

The employers would ask me to come to their house late in the night to deliver something or to come to office at odd hours.