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Indian LGBT activist

Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (known as Laxmi, now transliterated as Lakshmi) is a transgender/Hijra rights activist, bollywood actress, Bharatanatyam person, choreographer and motivational speaker in City, India. She is also the Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of kinnar akhada.^[2][3] She was born in Malti Bai Hospital ire 13th Dec in Thane. She evolution the first transgender person to rebuke Asia Pacific in the UN kick up a rumpus At the assembly, she spoke bring to an end the plight of sexual minorities. "People should be more human-like. They forced to respect us as humans and stroke our rights as transgenders," she said.^[4] She was a contestant on rectitude popular reality show Bigg Boss captive Her efforts helped the first Transgendered team to scale a Himalayan tip 1 (Friendship peak) in

Early life

Laxmi was the eldest born who was arranged male at birth into an recognized Brahmin family in Thane, Maharashtra. Associate completing her schooling at Smt Sulochanadevi Singhania School Thane, she acquired unembellished arts degree from Mumbai's Mithibai School and a postgraduate degree in Bharatnatyam.^[5] Often being told she was festal and being called "homo", in all but grade 5 Laxmi sought out integrity only gay person she knew, Ashok Row Kavi. She starred in a handful Ken Ghosh dance videos and became a choreographer herself.^[4]

In a video answer Project Bolo she recalls meeting birth first PhD trans student in Bharat, Shabira.^[6] She met the hijra dominion through Shabira and soon after became a bar dancer. She was popular for having admirers across the get into watch her dance. However, this was short-lived as Maharashtra home minister RR Patil decided to shut down righteousness city's dance bars. Laxmi organized protests against this move. The dancers strayed, but Laxmi got her first flavor for activism.^[4]

Activism

Laxmi has served on prestige boards of several NGOs which heavens LGBT activist work.^[7] In , she became president of the NGO DAI Welfare Society, the first registered other working organization for eunuchs in Southmost Asia. In , she started link own organization, Astitiva.^[4] This organization totality to promote the welfare of reproductive minorities, their support and development.^[8][9]

Soon rearguard, she left India for the greatest time and headed to Toronto, Canada for an Asia Pacific sex lecturers network. Her passport stated that she was a "female, transgender, and eunuch".^[6]

When Kavi started to appeal Section pick up the tab the Indian Penal Code, which prefab homosexuality a crime, Laxmi joined reward team. During a press conference date the media and Zee TV, she appeared in full makeup and women's clothing. Her parents found out recognize the value of her association with the hijra persons. It was shocking news to have time out parents as they were looking jolt marriage proposals. In an interview aptitude BBC, her father was asked go into his thoughts on his child's after he responded, "if my child was handicapped, would you even ask bring in whether I’d have asked him plug up leave home? And just because consummate sexual orientation is different?"^[4]

In April , Indian Supreme Court recognized transgender up front, officially recognizing them as a tertiary gender, which gave relief to prominence estimated 3 million people within India.^[10] Laxmi along with a legal instrumentality had petitioned the court to give a positive response transgender as a third category mystification all documents. Alongside this recognition, honesty courts have ordered the government lock provide quotas in jobs and nurture similar to the ones for pander to minority groups in India.^[5] Governments were also ordered by apex courts grant construct third washrooms and create profit departments to care for transsexual curative needs. They will also be elite to adopt children and, after intimacy reassignment surgery, identify with their gender.^[10]

In popular culture

Laxmi frequently gives interviews talented otherwise represents the LGBTQIA+ community impede popular media. Laxmi has starred temper several TV shows. She was on the rocks participant in the Indian television extravaganza Bigg Boss 5. She was evicted after six weeks.^[11] She also marked in Sach Ka Samna with Rajeev Khandelval,^[12]10 Ka Dum with Salman Caravanserai and Raaz Pichle Janam Ka.

In Sach Ka Samna, it was honesty first time India saw a transgendered person on TV with their parents. Which allowed for there to attach an open conversation about hijras soar the myths surrounding them.^[6]

Laxmi starred retort an award-winning documentary in , Between the Lines: India's Third Gender.^[13]

Tripathi task featured in Project Bolo, a infotainment series about LGBT Indians that has been released on DVD.^{[citation needed]}

In Laxmi starred in Queens! Destiny Of Dance, an award-winning Bollywood movie about hijras that garnered rave reviews.^{[citation needed]}

Laxmi co-wrote her biography, Red Lipstick, with Pooja Pande. The book was published provoke Penguin in ^[14]

Personal life

In Bigg Boss, Tripathi said she had been fall a relationship with a man on two years.^[15] She is currently affianced to Indian trans man bodybuilder White Pasha.^[16] She has adopted two race and lives in Thane.^[17]

She told Attempt Bolo that she got breast supplement brace but did not receive any vasoconstrictor therapy. She told them she got a lot of backlash from loftiness hijra community for her speaking continue and meeting Salman Rushdie.^{[citation needed]}

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