Meet These 12 Indian Trans Women Who Proved Themselves as Achievers
The Indian site Entrepreneur India celebrates transgender women and the Hijra community with a photo slideshow presenting inspiring trans women.
I’ll pick one to give you an example: Subramaniam is a writer, an actor and an entrepreneur.
She joined the trans family at the young age of 14 and went on to complete her education with a Bachelor’s degree in English and Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass communication from Madurai University.
During her younger days, Subramaniam also published a magazine called Sahodari, which means sister, to advocate equal right for the members of her community. In the latter part of her life, the entrepreneur started an NGO with the same name and the same purpose.
While in 2011, Kalki was recognized as the first transgender women in India to do a lead role in a movie. The feature film is known Narthagi and discusses issues surrounded to the community.