City transgender beauty contests upset activists
By: Priyanjali Ghose         Date:  2010-01-19         Place: Bangalore

http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/jan/190110-Laxmi-Narayan-enthuse-sexual-minorities.htm

The tremendous response to two beauty competitions fails to enthuse those working for rights of sexual minorities

More than 1,000 transgenders from the city are currently participating in two beauty contests being simultaneously run for them.

While filmmaker Ganesh Kharwar's Nazakat Queen 2010, has attracted 1,200 participants, Laxmi Narayan Tripathy's contest called India Super Queen will showcase 18 contestants.

But the overwhelming response, possibly the greatest among cities in the country where such contests were held or are planned, has not made activists working for the rights of sexual minorities  happy.