FIGHTING FOR AN EQUAL WORLD

Born a man, transgender activist Rudrani Chettri, has been bravely campaigning for equal rights for the transgender community. Rudrani has run various sensitisation campaigns to change this notion. Through her modelling agency, Rudrani helps fellow transgenders embrace their true identity and be proud of who they are. Rudrani also helps re-establish transgender women who have faced the worst kind of atrocities in life, which includes rape and torture by policemen. “It’s a very tough fight. A trangender is a criminal in everyone’s eyes. It’s unthinkable for many that even transgenders are fellow human beings,” she says. But, she is undettered. “A typical day involves fighting police cases, counselling sucidal transgenders, looking for job opportunities, and making the world believe that being different is no crime.”