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	\| gender=[[genderfluid]] & [[nonbinary]]<ref name="futureof">{{Cite web \|title=Building the Future of Drag, Art and Activism: Durga Gawde \|author= \|work=Futureof.in \|date=1 February 2021 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://futureof.in/blogs/journal/building-the}}</ref>		\| gender=[[genderfluid]] & [[nonbinary]]<ref name="futureof">{{Cite web \|title=Building the Future of Drag, Art and Activism: Durga Gawde \|author= \|work=Futureof.in \|date=1 February 2021 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://futureof.in/blogs/journal/building-the\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128104432/https://futureof.in/blogs/journal/building-the \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
	\| occupation=artist, educator, drag king, activist		\| occupation=artist, educator, drag king, activist
	\| known_for=being India's first drag king<ref name="Balaram">{{Cite web \|title=Artist Durga Gawde tells us what it means to be gender-fluid \|last=Balaram \|first=Rajashree \|work=Vogue India \|date=27 October 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://www.vogue.in/content/artist-durga-gawde-tells-us-what-it-means-to-be-gender-fluid}}</ref><ref name="SaradaM">{{Cite web \|title="Pride means that I can love myself when no one cares especially when I can't find love for me" \|last=M \|first=Sarada \|work=Medium \|date=10 June 2020 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://medium.com/paperkin/pride-means-that-i-can-love-myself-when-no-one-cares-especially-when-i-cant-find-love-for-me-d2a244bd6b8d}}</ref>		\| known_for=being India's first drag king<ref name="Balaram">{{Cite web \|title=Artist Durga Gawde tells us what it means to be gender-fluid \|last=Balaram \|first=Rajashree \|work=Vogue India \|date=27 October 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://www.vogue.in/content/artist-durga-gawde-tells-us-what-it-means-to-be-gender-fluid\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203173645/https://www.vogue.in/content/artist-durga-gawde-tells-us-what-it-means-to-be-gender-fluid \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="SaradaM">{{Cite web \|title="Pride means that I can love myself when no one cares especially when I can't find love for me" \|last=M \|first=Sarada \|work=Medium \|date=10 June 2020 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://medium.com/paperkin/pride-means-that-i-can-love-myself-when-no-one-cares-especially-when-i-cant-find-love-for-me-d2a244bd6b8d\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221111843/https://medium.com/paperkin/pride-means-that-i-can-love-myself-when-no-one-cares-especially-when-i-cant-find-love-for-me-d2a244bd6b8d \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
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	'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" />		'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" />

	They are the only child of two artists, Usha and Sunil Gawde.<ref name="Balaram" /> After first failing out of St. Xavier's College in Mumbai, they attended Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bengaluru (Bangalore), and later Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in America, where they earned a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture.<ref name="priya">{{Cite web \|title=What Being Genderfluid Means To Me: Durga Gawde \|author=priya \|work=Gaysi \|date=19 July 2017 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://gaysifamily.com/2017/07/19/genderfluid-means-durga-gawde/}}</ref><ref name="SaraH">{{Cite web \|title=Ten Queer South Asian Instagram Accounts to Follow \|last=H. \|first=Sara \|work=Homegrown \|date=18 July 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/802656/ten-south-asian-queer-instagram-accounts-to-follow}}</ref> Durga credits their time at RISD for helping them discover their identity, describing the school as "a safe space for people to experiment and express themselves".<ref name="QVOI" /> They have a pet dog, a German Shepherd named Duke.<ref name="futureof" />		They are the only child of two artists, Usha and Sunil Gawde.<ref name="Balaram" /> After first failing out of St. Xavier's College in Mumbai, they attended Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bengaluru (Bangalore), and later Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in America, where they earned a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture.<ref name="priya">{{Cite web \|title=What Being Genderfluid Means To Me: Durga Gawde \|author=priya \|work=Gaysi \|date=19 July 2017 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://gaysifamily.com/2017/07/19/genderfluid-means-durga-gawde/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923024205/https://gaysifamily.com/2017/07/19/genderfluid-means-durga-gawde/ \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="SaraH">{{Cite web \|title=Ten Queer South Asian Instagram Accounts to Follow \|last=H. \|first=Sara \|work=Homegrown \|date=18 July 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/802656/ten-south-asian-queer-instagram-accounts-to-follow\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718235541/https://homegrown.co.in/article/802656/ten-south-asian-queer-instagram-accounts-to-follow \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Durga credits their time at RISD for helping them discover their identity, describing the school as "a safe space for people to experiment and express themselves".<ref name="QVOI" /> They have a pet dog, a German Shepherd named Duke.<ref name="futureof" />

	Durga cites fellow nonbinary person [[Ruby Rose]] as an inspiring figure for them.<ref name="priya" />		Durga cites fellow nonbinary person [[Ruby Rose]] as an inspiring figure for them.<ref name="priya" />

	==Quotes==		==Quotes==
	{{quote\|As a [[queer]] person, there can be times when you can feel lonely, but after I started talking about it, many have written to me and identify with the things I talk about. I'm going to speak the truth in an articulate, honest and beautiful way. Even after I'm gone, I am going to leave enough content behind through my work. The more people start presenting themselves authentically, the more people will get used to having different types of people around.<ref name="Sharma">{{Cite web \|title=Durga Gawde: My parents have always regarded me as both their son & daughter \|author=Sharma, Garvita \|work=The Times of India \|date=21 September 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/durga-gawde-my-parents-have-always-regarded-me-as-both-their-son-daughter/articleshow/65887658.cms}}</ref>}}		{{quote\|As a [[queer]] person, there can be times when you can feel lonely, but after I started talking about it, many have written to me and identify with the things I talk about. I'm going to speak the truth in an articulate, honest and beautiful way. Even after I'm gone, I am going to leave enough content behind through my work. The more people start presenting themselves authentically, the more people will get used to having different types of people around.<ref name="Sharma">{{Cite web \|title=Durga Gawde: My parents have always regarded me as both their son & daughter \|author=Sharma, Garvita \|work=The Times of India \|date=21 September 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/durga-gawde-my-parents-have-always-regarded-me-as-both-their-son-daughter/articleshow/65887658.cms\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001143636/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/durga-gawde-my-parents-have-always-regarded-me-as-both-their-son-daughter/articleshow/65887658.cms \|archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>}}

	{{quote\|It has been a long and exhausting process so far to come to the realisation of my [[gender identity]]. It's easy to [[Dysphoria\|feel like an alien in my body and hate it]] from time to time, and then suddenly love being in it and feel attractive and comfortable. It's hard to explain to people close to me why I feel the way I feel when I'm uncomfortable because I am perceived as an attractive woman, but I don't always feel attractive. A lot of times it feels like my body isn't even mine. The key is to constantly keep in touch with myself and accept my body for what it is and live in the present moment. I have to keep talking to myself and remind myself that I am human and human beings come with a body. I have been gifted with mine and it is a tool to give motion to my dreams.<ref name="priya" />}}		{{quote\|It has been a long and exhausting process so far to come to the realisation of my [[gender identity]]. It's easy to [[Dysphoria\|feel like an alien in my body and hate it]] from time to time, and then suddenly love being in it and feel attractive and comfortable. It's hard to explain to people close to me why I feel the way I feel when I'm uncomfortable because I am perceived as an attractive woman, but I don't always feel attractive. A lot of times it feels like my body isn't even mine. The key is to constantly keep in touch with myself and accept my body for what it is and live in the present moment. I have to keep talking to myself and remind myself that I am human and human beings come with a body. I have been gifted with mine and it is a tool to give motion to my dreams.<ref name="priya" />}}

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	==Links==		==Links==
			*[https://twitter.com/durgagawde Twitter]
	*[https://www.instagram.com/durgagawdestudio/ Instagram]		*[https://www.instagram.com/durgagawdestudio/ Instagram]

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	\| gender=[[genderfluid]] & [[nonbinary]]<ref name="futureof">{{Cite web \|title=Building the Future of Drag, Art and Activism: Durga Gawde \|author= \|work=Futureof.in \|date=1 February 2021 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://futureof.in/blogs/journal/building-the}}</ref>		\| gender=[[genderfluid]] & [[nonbinary]]<ref name="futureof">{{Cite web \|title=Building the Future of Drag, Art and Activism: Durga Gawde \|author= \|work=Futureof.in \|date=1 February 2021 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://futureof.in/blogs/journal/building-the}}</ref>
	\| occupation=artist, educator, drag king, activist		\| occupation=artist, educator, drag king, activist
	\| known_for=being India's first drag king<ref name="Balaram">{{Cite web \|title=Artist Durga Gawde tells us what it means to be gender-fluid \|last=Balaram \|first=Rajashree \|work=Vogue India \|date=27 October 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://www.vogue.in/content/artist-durga-gawde-tells-us-what-it-means-to-be-gender-fluid}}</ref>		\| known_for=being India's first drag king<ref name="Balaram">{{Cite web \|title=Artist Durga Gawde tells us what it means to be gender-fluid \|last=Balaram \|first=Rajashree \|work=Vogue India \|date=27 October 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://www.vogue.in/content/artist-durga-gawde-tells-us-what-it-means-to-be-gender-fluid}}</ref><ref name="SaradaM">{{Cite web \|title="Pride means that I can love myself when no one cares especially when I can't find love for me" \|last=M \|first=Sarada \|work=Medium \|date=10 June 2020 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://medium.com/paperkin/pride-means-that-i-can-love-myself-when-no-one-cares-especially-when-i-cant-find-love-for-me-d2a244bd6b8d}}</ref>
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	'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" />		'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" />

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	'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" />		'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" />

	They are the only child of two artists, Usha and Sunil Gawde.<ref name="Balaram" /> ~~They~~ attended Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bengaluru, and ~~then~~ Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in America.<ref name="SaraH">{{Cite web \|title=Ten Queer South Asian Instagram Accounts to Follow \|last=H. \|first=Sara \|work=Homegrown \|date=18 July 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/802656/ten-south-asian-queer-instagram-accounts-to-follow}}</ref> Durga credits their time at RISD for helping them discover their identity, describing the school as "a safe space for people to experiment and express themselves".<ref name="QVOI" /> They have a pet dog, a German Shepherd named Duke.<ref name="futureof" />		They are the only child of two artists, Usha and Sunil Gawde.<ref name="Balaram" /> After first failing out of St. Xavier's College in Mumbai, they attended Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bengaluru (Bangalore), and later Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in America, where they earned a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture.<ref name="priya">{{Cite web \|title=What Being Genderfluid Means To Me: Durga Gawde \|author=priya \|work=Gaysi \|date=19 July 2017 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://gaysifamily.com/2017/07/19/genderfluid-means-durga-gawde/}}</ref><ref name="SaraH">{{Cite web \|title=Ten Queer South Asian Instagram Accounts to Follow \|last=H. \|first=Sara \|work=Homegrown \|date=18 July 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/802656/ten-south-asian-queer-instagram-accounts-to-follow}}</ref> Durga credits their time at RISD for helping them discover their identity, describing the school as "a safe space for people to experiment and express themselves".<ref name="QVOI" /> They have a pet dog, a German Shepherd named Duke.<ref name="futureof" />

			Durga cites fellow nonbinary person [[Ruby Rose]] as an inspiring figure for them.<ref name="priya" />

	==Quotes==		==Quotes==
	{{quote\|As a [[queer]] person, there can be times when you can feel lonely, but after I started talking about it, many have written to me and identify with the things I talk about. I'm going to speak the truth in an articulate, honest and beautiful way. Even after I'm gone, I am going to leave enough content behind through my work. The more people start presenting themselves authentically, the more people will get used to having different types of people around.<ref name="Sharma">{{Cite web \|title=Durga Gawde: My parents have always regarded me as both their son & daughter \|author=Sharma, Garvita \|work=The Times of India \|date=21 September 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/durga-gawde-my-parents-have-always-regarded-me-as-both-their-son-daughter/articleshow/65887658.cms}}</ref>}}		{{quote\|As a [[queer]] person, there can be times when you can feel lonely, but after I started talking about it, many have written to me and identify with the things I talk about. I'm going to speak the truth in an articulate, honest and beautiful way. Even after I'm gone, I am going to leave enough content behind through my work. The more people start presenting themselves authentically, the more people will get used to having different types of people around.<ref name="Sharma">{{Cite web \|title=Durga Gawde: My parents have always regarded me as both their son & daughter \|author=Sharma, Garvita \|work=The Times of India \|date=21 September 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/durga-gawde-my-parents-have-always-regarded-me-as-both-their-son-daughter/articleshow/65887658.cms}}</ref>}}

			{{quote\|It has been a long and exhausting process so far to come to the realisation of my [[gender identity]]. It's easy to [[Dysphoria\|feel like an alien in my body and hate it]] from time to time, and then suddenly love being in it and feel attractive and comfortable. It's hard to explain to people close to me why I feel the way I feel when I'm uncomfortable because I am perceived as an attractive woman, but I don't always feel attractive. A lot of times it feels like my body isn't even mine. The key is to constantly keep in touch with myself and accept my body for what it is and live in the present moment. I have to keep talking to myself and remind myself that I am human and human beings come with a body. I have been gifted with mine and it is a tool to give motion to my dreams.<ref name="priya" />}}

	==Links==		==Links==

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	'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" />		'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" />

	They are the only child of two artists, Usha and Sunil Gawde.<ref name="Balaram" /> ~~Durga credits their education at the~~ Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) for helping them discover their identity, describing the school as "a safe space for people to experiment and express themselves".<ref name="QVOI" /> They have a pet dog, a German Shepherd named Duke.<ref name="futureof" />		They are the only child of two artists, Usha and Sunil Gawde.<ref name="Balaram" /> They attended Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology in Bengaluru, and then Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in America.<ref name="SaraH">{{Cite web \|title=Ten Queer South Asian Instagram Accounts to Follow \|last=H. \|first=Sara \|work=Homegrown \|date=18 July 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/802656/ten-south-asian-queer-instagram-accounts-to-follow}}</ref> Durga credits their time at RISD for helping them discover their identity, describing the school as "a safe space for people to experiment and express themselves".<ref name="QVOI" /> They have a pet dog, a German Shepherd named Duke.<ref name="futureof" />

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	\| gender=[[genderfluid]] & [[nonbinary]]<ref name="futureof">{{Cite web \|title=Building the Future of Drag, Art and Activism: Durga Gawde \|author= \|work=Futureof.in \|date=1 February 2021 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://futureof.in/blogs/journal/building-the}}</ref>		\| gender=[[genderfluid]] & [[nonbinary]]<ref name="futureof">{{Cite web \|title=Building the Future of Drag, Art and Activism: Durga Gawde \|author= \|work=Futureof.in \|date=1 February 2021 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://futureof.in/blogs/journal/building-the}}</ref>
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	'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" /> They ~~credit~~ their education at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) for helping them discover their identity, describing the school as "a safe space for people to experiment and express themselves".<ref name="QVOI" /> They have a pet dog, a German Shepherd named Duke.<ref name="futureof" />		'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" />

			They are the only child of two artists, Usha and Sunil Gawde.<ref name="Balaram" /> Durga credits their education at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) for helping them discover their identity, describing the school as "a safe space for people to experiment and express themselves".<ref name="QVOI" /> They have a pet dog, a German Shepherd named Duke.<ref name="futureof" />

			==Quotes==
			{{quote\|As a [[queer]] person, there can be times when you can feel lonely, but after I started talking about it, many have written to me and identify with the things I talk about. I'm going to speak the truth in an articulate, honest and beautiful way. Even after I'm gone, I am going to leave enough content behind through my work. The more people start presenting themselves authentically, the more people will get used to having different types of people around.<ref name="Sharma">{{Cite web \|title=Durga Gawde: My parents have always regarded me as both their son & daughter \|author=Sharma, Garvita \|work=The Times of India \|date=21 September 2018 \|access-date=15 April 2021 \|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/durga-gawde-my-parents-have-always-regarded-me-as-both-their-son-daughter/articleshow/65887658.cms}}</ref>}}

	==Links==		==Links==

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'''Durga Gawde''' is an Indian artist, educator, [[drag]] king, and activist. They are [[genderfluid]], [[nonbinary]], and [[pansexual]].<ref name="QVOI" /> They credit their education at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) for helping them discover their identity, describing the school as "a safe space for people to experiment and express themselves".<ref name="QVOI" /> They have a pet dog, a German Shepherd named Duke.<ref name="futureof" />

==Links==
*[https://www.instagram.com/durgagawdestudio/ Instagram]

==References==
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