NEW DELHI, Nov 28 — Transgender activist, surgeon in training and Instagram influencer: at just 24, Indian doctor Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju has worn many hats.But few saw her as she wanted to be seen. Instead, from the age of four, Gummaraju was bullied and shamed every time she tried on her mother’s sarees or high heels or did anything deemed feminine.
Despite the fact that the vast majority of Indians worship Hindu gods who routinely shape-shift from male to female, the transgender community is largely exiled to the margins of society, with many forced to take up begging or sex work.By the time Gummaraju was a teenager, her self-hatred — reinforced by social mores — had deepened to such a degree that she had begun to self-harm.
She persisted, eventually coming out as transgender, first to her now-supportive family, and then on Facebook to hundreds of people. She also encountered rape threats when she posted glamorous selfies, something which cisgender women — those whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth — could relate to.But the increasingly fractious debate over transgender rights threatens to make her community’s existence even more precarious, she said, with some cisgender feminists in the West calling for women-only spaces to be restricted to those who are biologically female.
I don't care if my doctor is male or female. I care if they are competent and caring. That's all there is to it! Times have changed people! Let's just please see the good in everyone and stop being judgemental! Life is too short for it!
Haram
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