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•[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxmi_Narayan_Tripathi Laxmi Narayan Tripathi] (1978-present), also known as Laskhmi, is a Indian transgender rights activist. She is also a dancer and actress. She was the first trans person to represent Asia Pacific at the UN back in 2008. She founded the Astitiva organization in 2007 to support sexual minorities. When talking about her gender, she said “Am I both man and a woman? Am I neither man nor woman? I am a hijra so I can access both states of being.” Laxmi had participated in documentaries about transgender people such as “Between the Lines: India’s Third Gender”, “Project Bolo”, “Queens! Destiny of Dance”. She co-wrote her biography, called “Red Lipstick”, in 2016. | •[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laxmi_Narayan_Tripathi Laxmi Narayan Tripathi] (1978-present), also known as Laskhmi, is a Indian transgender rights activist. She is also a dancer and actress. She was the first trans person to represent Asia Pacific at the UN back in 2008. She founded the Astitiva organization in 2007 to support sexual minorities. When talking about her gender, she said “Am I both man and a woman? Am I neither man nor woman? I am a hijra so I can access both states of being.” Laxmi had participated in documentaries about transgender people such as “Between the Lines: India’s Third Gender”, “Project Bolo”, “Queens! Destiny of Dance”. She co-wrote her biography, called “Red Lipstick”, in 2016. | ||
* Mecks (Dhyey/Dhairya Sharma) Hijra is also | * Mecks (Dhyey/Dhairya Sharma) Hijra is also revered as one of the most notable celebrities in the hijra community of neopolitan Mumbai{{Citation needed}}. Mecks was one of the leading activists in the "Protect trans kids" protests of 2019 in South Bombay, and was the organiser of [https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-women-transpersons-protest-against-citizenship-law-6198905/ trans citizenship protests] in 2020, one of the quotes from that protest stuck with the transcommunity of mumbai and was popularized amongst the famous community "Humans of Bombay," "Desh ka hijra amar rahe."{{Citation needed}} | ||
[[File:Laxmi Narayan Tripathi.jpg|thumb|Laxmi at the “Gender and the Spaces Between" panel at the Melbourne Writers Festival in 2017.]] | [[File:Laxmi Narayan Tripathi.jpg|thumb|Laxmi at the “Gender and the Spaces Between" panel at the Melbourne Writers Festival in 2017.]] | ||