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-bombayMUMBAI, 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.
