Indian Transgender Community
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India’s trans people are surviving the pandemic through mutual aid and solidarity
At a time when food and socio-economic insecurities started claiming lives, community-based organisations effectively organised to keep each other alive.
Sohini Chatterjee, The Conversation
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Meet India's first transman to become a bodybuilding champion
The Delhi resident, a lawyer, came second in the Men’s Physique category at Musclemania India.
Soumya Rao
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Community, tradition and struggle: Inside India’s first government-funded transgender poetry meet
The Sahitya Akademi hosted readings by transgender poets in Kolkata in an event chaired by writer and activist Manabi Bandopadhyay.
Upasana Agarwal
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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BJP Karnataka candidates Tejasvi Surya and K Sudhakar booked for electoral offences: EC
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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In a first, transsexual couple get married in Kerala
The wedding took place in Thiruvananthapuram and was attended by several activists and politicians.
Scroll Staff
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Kerala’s first transgender beauty contest was a success – but will it lead to greater victories?
The state has been paving the way for transgender rights since 2014.
TA Ameerudheen
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Why an 80-year-old Indian transgender person chooses a home in a graveyard over ‘normal’ life
Despite some progress in recognising the rights of the third gender in the country, Mona Ahmed finds the mainstream lonely.
Matthew Ponsford
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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The Aravani Art Project: Using street art to empower the transgender community
'The public thinks we only beg and do sex-work.'
Rohini Kejriwal
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Merely celebrating the exceptional achievements of trans-people conceals their struggle
In 2016, trans-visibility was high, but so were trans-deaths and police brutality.
Shreya Ila Anasuya