#indian transgender bride

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A Traditional Bride

Kuhu came to me for bridal photos in a traditional Indian saree. Her fiancée joined her and helped Kuhu with draping her saree perfectly and coached her on poses she should do to show off the striking gown. For the eyeshadow, we used shades of gold to play off the gold accents in the saree. We got lucky with mild weather and were able to shoot outdoors in the spring garden with the azaleas in…

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Pure as Love: Bhima Jewellery’s ad tracing the journey of a Transgender

Here we have the 96 years old established jewellery brand to welcome a special campaign to champion lgbtq rights. But let’s see whether the advertisement is introducing meaningful dialogues on the transgender rights. Giving a quick glance to the concept of the ad in a nutshell we can see a brooding boy transforming into a young confident woman with her family’s support. The vibrant backdrop of Kerala, god’s own country gives an added charm to each and every frame. Unlike from the fair and happy hetero women featuring, it throws opportunities to the possibility of portrayals like these. The primary goal of every ad is to gain better reach and to attract customers. We can even argue on the strategy of marketing the brand adopts to compete in a field like this. In addition, the utopian component in the commercial is that it shows a family accepting their kid which will encourage the public to consider something about this issue.

The change is brought alive by the interaction with jewellery with a pair of anklets that her father gifts to the traditional wedding jewellery that she wears as a South Indian bride. Titled 'Pure As Love,' audiences throughout India have appreciated the commercial. Throughout the advertisement, the protagonist's love support is fully demonstrated by her family and there are no scenes where she is picturized as a victim. Let’s hope that this wipes away the norms of beauty and normalcy of every common person. 

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When Shree took Sanjay as her husband, she became the first transgender woman to legally marry a man in West Bengal in India.

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Good Things That Happened in 2019 (or may have happened depending on whether they are true facts)

• The Indian Navy welcomed its first-ever woman pilot.

• Austria named its first female chancellor.

• The European Commission elected its first female President.

• Women now lead five of the major parties in Finland's parliament.

• Macedonia was renamed, bringing an end to a decades-long dispute with Greece. 

• Montgomery, Alabama, elected its first black mayor in 200 years.

• Indonesia raised minimum age for brides to end child marriage.

• Saudi Arabian women are finally allowed to travel independently.

• Taiwan became the first place in Asia to pass a same-sex marriage legislation.

• Botswana ruled to decriminalize consensual same-sex relations.

• Northern Ireland legalized same-sex marriage.

• Ecuador joined neighboring countries in legalizing same-sex marriage.

• Iranian women were officially allowed to attend a soccer match for the first time in 40 years. 

• Iguanas were reintroduced to Galápagos island after 184 years.

• More places are banning single-use plastics.

• Humpback whales recovered from near-extinction in the South Atlantic.

• A tortoise believed to be extinct was found after 100 years.

• A rare black leopard was spotted for the first time in nearly 100 years.

• Scientists discovered 71 new species this year.

• Veterinarians harvested eggs from the world's last two northern white rhinos to help save the species.

• Canada banned the trade, possession, capture and breeding of whales, dolphins and porpoises, passed a Fisheries Act containing a legally binding requirement to rebuild fish populations, and unveiled new standards for marine protected areas, banning all oil-and-gas activity as well as mining, dumping and bottom-trawling.

• Scientists may be able to spot Alzheimer's 16 years before symptoms begin.

• The World Health Organization stopped classifying transgender people as mentally ill.

• Algeria and Argentina officially eliminated malaria this year, and the WHO said that in the last eight years, malaria infections in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam dropped by 76%, and deaths fell by 95%. India also reported a huge reduction in malaria, with 2.6 million fewer cases in 2018 than in 2017.

• The CDC announced that cigarette smoking among US adults has reached an all-time low of 13.7% (a decline of two-thirds in the last 50 years) and in the UK, the number of cigarettes being smoked fell by nearly a quarter between 2011 and 2018.

• Heart disease rates in the UK are on the decline - it's still the leading cause of mortality, but deaths have decreased by almost half since 2005.

• In Rwanda, 95% of babies currently receive vaccinations for rubella, measles and polio, and it's also on track to be the first country to eliminate cervical cancer.

• Two men may have been cured of HIV.

• Stroke rates for US adults over the age of 65 have decreased by one third each decade for the last 30 years, new diabetes cases have declined by 35% since 2009, the longest decline since the government started tracking the statistic, and under the Affordable Care Act nearly 2 million diabetics, have now received access to health insurance.  

• A new vaccine for typhoid reduced cases by more than 80% in trials, and is now being used to immunize nine million children in Pakistan.

• Malawi eliminated the world’s most common infectious eye disease, trachoma, the second African country to do so after Ghana. In 2014 more than eight million people were at risk. Today, that number is zero.

• The AIHW said that more people are surviving cancer in Australia than ever before. Since 1989, the mortality rate has dropped by 32% for men and by 21% for women.

• A woman became the first living HIV-positive kidney donor in the world.

• Africa marked a significant milestone in the quest to eradicate polio.

• The Philippines passed a Universal Health Care Act, entitling all of its 107 million citizens to health insurance and medical treatment, and Malaysia started providing free healthcare insurance for the country's poorest 40%, providing coverage against 36 critical illnesses.

• Russian officials reported that alcohol consumption has decreased by 43% since 2003.

• Karen Uhlenbeck became the first woman to win mathematics' most prestigious prize.

• The UN released its latest figures on pneumonia, showing that the number of children dying from "the ultimate disease of poverty," has decreased from 6,410 per day in 1990 to 2,216 per day in 2017.

• In the biggest breakthrough for cystic fibrosis in decades, a new drug that targets the genetic roots of the disease was approved by the FDA.

• The Global Burden of Disease Report said that between 1990 and 2017, the number of kids and teenagers dying around the world decreased by more than half, from 13.77 million to 6.64 million.

• Emma Haruka Iwao broke the world record for calculating pi.

• Senegal became the first African country to begin providing free treatment for women with breast or cervical cancer (the leading cause of cancer deaths), and Mali announced it would begin providing free healthcare for pregnant women and children under five.

• We got to see the world's first close-range image of the far side of the moon.

• The Antarctic ozone hole was the smallest on record since its discovery.

• NASA completed its first all-female astronaut spacewalk.

• We captured the first-ever photo of a black hole.

• Water was detected for first time on a planet outside our solar system.

• The Toronto Raptors delivered Canada its first NBA title.

• Halima Aden became the first model to wear a hijab and a burkini in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

• Eliud Kipchoge became the first athlete to run a marathon in less than two hours.

• In Kenya, poaching rates have dropped by 85% for rhinos and 78% for elephants in the last five years, in South Africa, the number of rhinos killed by poachers fell by 25%, the fifth annual decrease in a row, and in Mozambique, one of Africa’s largest wildlife reserves went an entire year without losing a single elephant.

• An unprecedented conservation effort returned the Mexican Grey Wolf from the brink of extinction.

• Canada became the first country in the world to protect more than 10% of its ocean waters.

• The city of Seoul shut down all its remaining dog butcheries this year, and the Netherlands became the first country in the world to eliminate all stray dogs.

• In 2019, the United States passed a new law outlawing animal cruelty, China issued guidelines stating that from 2020 non-animal testing will be the preferred method for cosmetic products, and in Australia, cosmetics companies were banned from using data derived from animal testing.

• "Sesame Street" announced the launch of a new show to help refugee children

• In July, Ethiopia smashed the world record for tree planting. Led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, millions of Ethiopians planted 353 million trees in 12 hours.

• India reported that its population of tigers has risen by over a third since 2014.

• Since 1990, France’s forest areas have increased by 7%, in Nepal, satellite images revealed that forests expanded from 26% in 1992 to 45% in 2016, and Costa Rica announced it has doubled its forest cover in the last 30 years; half its land surface is now covered with trees.

• The sudden awareness of the power of the tree.

• 93 per cent of households in India now have access to toilets, and 500 million people have stopped having to go to the toilet out in the open, according to research published by The Economic Times.

• The growing consumer backlash against environmental waste.

• The numbers of companies successfully experimenting with four-day working weeks.

• New York became the second state to ban single-use plastic bags.

• By March 2020, Luxembourg intends to become the first country in the world to scrap fares on all public transport, in a move aimed at alleviating its chronically bad traffic congestion.

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(TW/CW: Mild unrealistic gore) [Image description: Three digital line drawings done for Pride Month 2019 of my original characters posing together, wearing clothes with their LGBTQ+ identities' flags on them. First picture, from left to right: 1. Grace, a tall Mixed Race nonbinary person with an afro and vitiligo, wearing a hoodie with Japanese writing on it, a tank top with the Asexual and Cassromantic flags on it and jean shorts with the Vaguegirl flag on them, holding an e-cigarette and glaring at the other characters. Parts of their body are cut out, revealing grapefruit segments inside their body. 2. Ricky, a tall Latino man with a shaved head, wearing shades, a dress shirt with the Heteroflexible flag on it and creased pants with the Transgender flag on them, slouching with his hands in his pockets and a grumpy expression. 3. Robin, an average height Black nonbinary person with locs in a ponytail, wearing a jacket with the Venusic flag on it, a T-shirt with the Galaxian flag on it, bracelets with the Intersex and Agender flags on them and plain cargo shorts, leaning forward and making the peace sign with a happy expression. 4. Nerys, an average height Black nonbinary person with long natural hair, a support cane and one prosthetic eye, wearing pentagram earrings, a rainbow glass eye with the lambda symbol on it, a long cardigan with the Bisexual and Demiromantic flags on it and a maxi dress with the Witchgender flag on it, leaning on her cane and resting her arm on the head of Angelica, the character next to her, and looking at her with an affectionate expression. 5. Angelica, a short Black teenage nonbinary person with long natural hair with two braids, a birthmark on their face and a wheelchair, wearing braid decorations with the Intersex flag on them, a long-sleeved top with the Horrorgender flag on it and a dress with the Apothisexual flag on it, sitting in their wheelchair and looking up at Nerys with a cheeky expression. 6. Mickey, an average height Black nonbinary person with natural hair in an undercut, wearing rose earrings, a sweater with the Agender flag on it and leggings with the Asexual and Panromantic flags on them, standing with one hand on their hip and the other holding the hand of Ama, the character next to them, and looking at her with a loving expression. 7. Ama, a tall Mixed Race woman with a shaved head and ponytail, wearing a sleeveless top with the Asexual and Lesbian flags on it, bridal gloves and jeans with the Intersex flag on them, holding Mickey's hand and looking at them with a loving expression. Second picture, from left to right: 1. Neeta, a short South Asian nonbinary person with glasses, wearing a hijab with the Autigender flag on it, a long-sleeved top with the Asexual and Aromantic flags on it, purple and black bead bracelets and leggings with the Agender flag on them, leaning forward with their arm around Rillion, the character next to them, and an excited expression. 2. Daisy, a short female anthro duckling with natural hair in an undercut, wearing a daisy hair decoration, a T-shirt with the Demipansexual flag on it and jeans with the Transgender flag on it, waving at the viewer with a happy expression. 3. Rillion, a tall East Asian man with shaggy hair and a goatee, wearing a long-sleeved shirt with the Queer flag on it and jeans, leaning to the side with one hand on his hip and the other around Neeta with a happy expression. 4. Bride, a short Mixed Race teenage nonbinary person with a shaved head, a cybernetic eye and a mask covering half of their face, wearing a jumpsuit with the Genderflora, Asexual and Bellusromantic flags on it, shyly waving at the viewer with a small smile. 5. Dandelion, a tall male anthro duck with shaggy hair in a ponytail, wearing a dress shirt with the QPOC Gay flag and the Biromantic flag on it and jeans, posing with his hand on his hip and an irritated expression. 6. Jamie, a tall Southeast Asian nonbinary person with spiky hair, wearing a T-shirt with the Polysexual and Recipromantic flags and jeans with the Bigender flag on them, standing with one hand in his pocket and the other around Julie, the character next to him, and looking at her with an affectionate expression. 7. Julie, a short Southeast Asian teenage girl with long straight hair, wearing a long-sleeved top with the Transgender flag on it and jeans with the Neptunic flag on them, standing with one arm holding her other arm and looking up at Jamie with a shy smile. Third picture, from left to right: 1. Skylla, a tall Black nonbinary person with long natural hair in a high ponytail, wearing a Grecian-style dress with the Greysexual and Terasgender flags on it, standing with their arms around Kharybdis, the character next to them, and looking at her with a loving expression. 2. Kharybdis, a short East Asian woman with long curly hair, wearing a headband with the Sapphic flag on it and a Grecian-style dress with the Transgender and Intersex flags on it, standing with her arms around Skylla and looking at them with a loving expression. 3. Alisha, a short Mixed Race teenage nonbinary person with afro puffs and a prosthetic arm, wearing earrings, a T-shirt with the Heliogender flag on it and shorts with the Lesbian flag on them, standing with their hand on their hip and looking up at Zeta, the character next to them, with a happy expression. 4. Zeta, a tall nonbinary anthro axolotl with straight hair in a bob cut and glasses, wearing a necklace, a sleeveless top with the Lunarian flag on it, bracelets and a pencil skirt with the Caedosexual and Biromantic flags on it, hovering above the ground with their arm around Alisha and looking at them with an affectionate expression. 5. Gopi, a tall South Asian nonbinary person with a TV for a head, wearing a T-shirt with the Staticnonbinary flag on it and jeans with the Requiessexual and Aromantic flags on them, leaning forward with one hand on their hip and the other doing a small salute. Their TV head has a pixellated image of a rainbow on it.] Part 1 of this year's Pride Month picture. Sorry it's so massively late, but I had computer trouble and a shoulder injury. These are all the protagonists of my original stories and their canon LGBTQ+ identities. The second part will be my fan characters and their identities. Most of these identities are fairly new or not well known and will probably require some explanation, so I'm including links to their respective entries in Pride-Flags' DeviantART gallery, which is where I got most of these identities from. Also, don't worry if the link name is different to the identity name I've used, those are the right links. From left to right: 1. Grace McKenzie (27 years old, Biracial (Black/White), British Jamaican, vitiligo, lupus, autistic, depression) - Asexual, Cassromantic, Vaguegirl (they/them). The protagonist of my unnamed pastel gore story, a grumpy vaporwave girl with a weird condition that makes their body split into fruit segments. Links: Asexual (1) Cassromantic Vaguegirl 2. Ricky Hernandez/'Agent Aries' (45 years old, Latino, Mexican British, autistic) - Heteroflexible, Biromantic, Trans man (he/him). The secondary protagonist of my unnamed magical girl story, a hotheaded career criminal turned magical boy who is secretly geeking out about how cool his new destiny is. Links: Heteroflexible (1) Biromantic Transgender (1) 3. Robin Adebayo/'Agent Taurus' (25 years old, Black, British Nigerian, autistic, anxiety, 5-ARD) - Venusic, Galaxian, Intersex, Agender (they/them). The primary protagonist of my unnamed magical girl story, a nervous anime fan who gets their dream come true when they are turned into a magical enby. Links: Venusic (2) Galaxian Intersex (2) Agender (1) 4. Nerys Bridgewater (47 years old, Black, Antiguan British, cane user, missing eye, autistic) - Bisexual, Demiromantic, Witchgender (she/her). The secondary protagonist of my unnamed witch story, a socially awkward witch who has to suddenly look after her niece, despite the fact that she's not good with kids (or anyone else, really...). Links: Bi- Demiromantic Witchgender / Magusgender / Magegender (1) 5. Angelica Bridgewater (14 years old, Black British, spina bifida, leukemia survivor, autistic, Perrault syndrome) - Intersex, Horrorgender (they/them), Apothisexual. The primary protagonist of my unnamed witch story, a stroppy teenage cancer survivor who has spent most of their life in a hospital bed and now has to go live with their weird aunt in her creepy mansion. Links: Intersex (2) Horrorgender (2) Apothisexual (1) 6. Mickey Montague (24 years old, Black, British Caribbean, schizoaffective disorder, autistic) - Agender (they/them), Asexual, Panromantic. The secondary protagonist of my urban fantasy/detective story 'Truth Seekers', a sweet social butterfly who had to drop out of college for mental health reasons and has lost their direction in life until a chance encounter with a runaway princess gives them a new lease on life. Links: Agender (1) Asexual (1) Panromantic (5) 7. Ama Grivillix (20 years old, Mixed Race (Black/Latino/White), Mixed British, Erb's palsy, autistic, CAH) - Asexual, Homoromantic, Intersex (she/her). The primary protagonist of my urban fantasy/detective story 'Truth Seekers', a reserved fairy princess who ran away from her underground kingdom to become a detective and avoid being crowned king. Links: Asexual (1) Homoromantic (1) (This isn't the right flag. The flag I used is the more inclusive version of the lesbian flag, but Pride Flags doesn't have that one.) Intersex (2) 8. Neeta Kandhari (26 years old, Desi, British Indian, Muslim, autistic, OCD, depression, anxiety) - Autigender, Asexual, Aromantic, Agender (they/them). The primary protagonist of my sitcom story 'Failure to Thrive', an adorable shy nerd who needs to go outside and make friends, so they get sent to a house full of strangers with issues. Links: Autigender Asexual (1) Aromantic (1) Agender (1) 9. Daisy Drake (11 years old, Mixed Race (Black/Arab), Mixed British, autistic) - Demipansexual, Trans woman (she/her). The primary protagonist of my kid hero story 'Daisy Bubblegum', a cute, bubbly little duckling who is just starting secondary school and just starting openly presenting as female, when the ancient gods of her world suddenly show up and tell her that she's the chosen one. Links: Demipan- Pride Flag Transgender (1) 10. Rillion Shimada (27 years old, Asian, British Japanese, depression, abuse survivor) - Queer. The secondary protagonist of my sitcom story 'Failure to Thrive', an embittered cynic who has successfully alienated everyone in the halfway house where he lives, until Neeta arrives and melts his icy facade. Links: Queer (1) (This isn't the right flag. The flag I used is the queer chevron one, but Pride Flags doesn't have it.) 11. Bride McGuire (15 years old, Mixed Race (Roma/Irish Traveller), Mixed British, autistic, anxiety, burn survivor, missing eye, scoliosis, heart defects) - Genderflora, Asexual, Bellusromantic. The primary protagonist of my cyberpunk dystopia story 'Planet Earth', a painfully shy teenage cyborg working at their family's flower shop, until an incident with the police awakens their mutant powers and forces them to go on the run. Links: Genderflora (1) Asexual (1) Bellusromantic (1) 12. Dandelion Gadwall (21 years old, Desi, British Asian, albinism) - Gay, Biromantic. The secondary protagonist and main antagonist of my kid hero story 'Daisy Bubblegum', the lazy, mischievous son of a cult leader who has been chosen by the cult to be their messiah and implement their new world order, even though he'd rather mess around with his friends. Links: Philadelphia Gay Pride Biromantic 13. Jamie Phung/'Supernova' (26 years old, Asian, British Vietnamese, autistic, anxiety, PTSD) - Polysexual, Recipromantic, Bigender (he/him, she/her). The primary protagonist of my superhero story 'Supertwats', a kind and humble graphic designer who is coping with raising his sister on his own and being heavily closeted about his gender identity, when he and his sister are suddenly kidnapped by the government and turned into superheroes, giving him a powerful, genderfluid super identity. Links: Poly- (1) Recipromantic Pride Bigender (1) 14. Julie Phung/'Sailor Rage' (16 years old, Asian, British Vietnamese, autistic, anxiety, PTSD) - Trans woman (she/her), Neptunic. The secondary protagonist of my superhero story 'Supertwats', a shy, sensitive teenage girl who is coping with the loss of her parents and trying not to be a burden on her brother while repressing her anger issues, when she and Jamie suddenly get kidnapped and turned into superheroes, leaving her with an anger-powered beserker form. Links: Transgender (1) Neptunic 15. Skylla (??? years old, Black, Greek, autistic, depression) - Greysexual, Terasgender (they/them). The primary protagonist of my Greek myth story 'Skylla and Kharybdis', a depressed former nymph who was turned into a man-eating monster by a jealous love rival and is now stuck in a cliff with very little company or food and forced to eat passing sailors to stay alive, until they strike up a friendship with their neighbour Kharybdis. Links: Gray Asexual (2) Terasgender 16. Kharybdis (??? years old, Asian, Greek, autistic, anxiety) - Sapphic, Trans woman (she/her), Intersex. The secondary protagonist of my Greek myth story 'Skylla and Kharybdis', a cheery former mortal priestess who was chained to the bottom of the sea by Zeus for stealing cattle from his son and became a ravenous whirlpool, forced to eat ships to sate her never-ending hunger, until she strikes up a friendship with her neighbour Skylla. Links: Sapphic (2) Transgender (1) Intersex (2) 17. Alisha Roberts (14 years old, Biracial (Black/Desi), Mixed British, autistic, nonverbal, amputee, depression) - Heliogender (they/them), Lesbian. The primary protagonist of my video game idea 'Coping', a moody autistic teenager who is being bullied at school and babied by their parents and seeks solace in video games, until an alien virtual reality device lands in their back garden and creates a new world for them to escape to. Links: Heliogender Lesbian (This isn't the right flag. The flag I used is the more inclusive version of the lesbian flag, but Pride Flags doesn't have that one.) 18. Zeta (30 years old, Asian, British Asian, autistic, depression, PTSD) - Lunarian (they/them, she/her), Caedosexual, Biromantic. The secondary protagonist of my video game idea 'Coping', the friendly AI interface for the virtual reality device who helps Alisha create a fantasy world suited to them and despite her limited programming, starts to form a deep friendship with Alisha. Links: Lunarian (1) Caedsexual / Caedosexual Biromantic 19. Gopi Shiraz (33 years old, Desi, British Indian, autistic, depression) - Staticnonbinary (they/them), Requiessexual, Aromantic. The primary protagonist of my unnamed original species story, a grumpy tech geek who fixes old televisions, computers and gaming consoles for a living and through exposure to their magical essence, ends up turning into a TV objecthead with the power to create and control electricity. Links: Staticnonbinary (1) Requies-   Aromantic (1) Photoshop CS4

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50 Awesome Women To Know: Part 2

Part One is here!

Mary Somerville (1780-1872): Scottish, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician, tutor of Ada Lovelace, namesake of Somerville College, Oxford.

Matilda de Braose (1155-1210): French/Welsh, medieval warrior woman and noted opponent of King John, who famously had her starved to death, so outraging everyone that there’s a clause about it in Magna Carta.

Melba Roy Mouton (1929-1990): American, Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA’s Trajectory and Geodynamics Division; head of the African-American group of “computers” in which Katherine Johnson and others worked.

Melisende of Jerusalem (1105-1161): French-Armenian, queen of Jerusalem in the mid-12th century and a formidable political operator, part of a legacy of several medieval Queens of Jerusalem.

Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631): Indian, beloved and influential empress consort of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal to honor her at her death.

Murasaki Shikibu (c.973-c.1030): Japanese, lady-in-waiting to the Empress Shoshi, author of what is considered the world’s first novel, The Tale of Genji.

Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014): South African, novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, longtime anti-apartheid and HIV/AIDS activist.

Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (c.1583-1663): Angolan, African queen and highly successful resister of Portuguese colonialism. Brilliant diplomat, military tactician, and ruler.

Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) (1861-1913): Mohawk-English actress, performer, and poet, considered one of the early formative influences on Canadian literature.

Rukhmabai (1864-1955): Indian, physician, feminist, and social reformer, one of the first female doctors in colonial India, got the Age of Consent act passed after fighting her legal case as a child bride; lived until age 91.

Ruth Ellis (1899-2000): American, African-American LGBT activist, known as one of the oldest surviving lesbians, came out in 1915 (!).

Sara of Würtzburg et al (11th-15th centuries), German, French, Italian, Spanish, etc., the many medieval Jewish female doctors in Europe.

Sarah Biffen (1784-1850): English, Victorian artist born with no arms or legs, who could paint with her mouth and whose work was highly sought after.

Shirin Ebadi (1947 -- ): Iranian, lawyer, human rights activist, first Iranian and Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Soraya Tarzi (1899-1968): Afghani, the influential queen of the socially liberal kingdom of Afghanistan in the 1920s and responsible for many of its reforms, encouraging women’s rights and other efforts at modernization.

Stormé DeLarverie (1920-2014): American, mixed-race lesbian and drag performer whose arrest in 1969 started the Stonewall Riots. Known as the “Rosa Parks of the gay community.”

Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002): Latina American, another Stonewall personality, transgender and gay rights activist, sex worker and drag queen.

Tamar of Georgia (1160-1213): Georgian, known as “King Tamar”  and “Tamar the Great” and the figurehead of the Georgian Golden Age. Known for her political and military success and her cultural sponsorship.

The Mirabal Sisters (d. 1960): Cuban, Patria, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Dedé, who opposed the dictator Rafael Trujillo and worked as spies and saboteurs against him. Three were executed in 1960; the last died in 2014.

Theodora of Byzantium (c. 500-548): Greek, Byzantine empress, former sex worker, one of the most influential Eastern Roman empresses and a formidable political operator alongside her husband, Justinian.

Tomyris (c. 530 BC): Central Asian, a sort of Iranian-Scythian Boudicea who led her army against Cyrus the Great (and defeated him) in 530 BC, earning her the respect (and fear) of many classical writers.

Trota of Salerno (12th century): Italian, a renowned doctor and physician at the medical school of Salerno in Italy, lent her name to the Trotula, one of the most famous medieval medical handbooks for women.

Wu Zetian (624-705): Chinese, the only empress regnant in China for more than two thousand years. Political, military, and artistic leader.

Yaa Asantewaa (1840-1921): Ghanaian, queen mother of the Ashanti Empire, and leader of (at age 60) the War of the Golden Stool against British colonialism.

Zenobia (c. 240-after 274): Syrian, queen of the Palmyrene Empire, invader (and conqueror) of a good chunk of the Roman Empire, sponsor of intellectual and cultural figures at her court, national Syrian heroine.

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OUR VIEW ON GENDER ROLE IN SOCIETY & POLITICS

It’s not surprising or even a debatable topic that we live in a heterosexual male dominating world. One doesn’t have to look far to see how or why it’s happening. We all experience it in our daily lives, families, educational communities and politics.

      In today’s political landscape, motherhood is often deployed as a tool to highlight the ‘sacred nature of a subject, ranging from the Gau Mata to Bharat Mata and Ganga Mata. At the same time, issues around women’s rights and empowerment, varying from triple talaq to Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, are regular topics of conversation in Political circles. But an important question remains- do the men in Indian Politics only want to talk about women, or are they also willing to make an effort to share power with them?

      Yes, we are moving towards women empowerment to achieve gender equality step by step. But that’s still just a perception; even today the vast majority of Indians (64%) are of the view that the role of women in society is to become good mothers and wives and they should focus mainly on home, according to the findings of a global survey by Ipsos. The Ipsos global trend survey 2017 examined attitudes towards the role of women, parenting, and family across 22 countries, interviewing 18,180 adults.

      “More Indian women may be moving out of their homes, seeking employment and carving out a niche for themselves at workspaces, but society sees them more as accomplished mothers and wives in primary role, relegating other roles to secondary positions,” Executive Director, Ipso Public Affairs, said in a sentence

      From personal experience, in my household, my mother is a business owner and my dad a government employee. No doubt that my mother plays the role of a housewife, mother and a badass boss. But still even today when it comes to decision making she hands it over to my father. It’s more like a system is fixed in women’s head that the final decision has to come from the man of the house. And I’m pretty sure this must be the case in most of the liberated and slightly upper-class families like mine. I’m not denying that there aren’t exceptions but, yes these things happen around us all the time.

      Now, when it comes to politics, in India, nine out of ten legislators are men. While, Indian politicians are eager to talk about women’s empowerment and the political legacies of India’s female politicians like Sushma Swaraj, Indira Gandhi or Pratibha Patil, these women remain largely anomalies in the Indian political landscape rather than a norm.

      Among our South Asian Neighbors, we rank fifth in the women’s political representation in parliament falling behind Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. On the other hand, while many countries around the world gasped at the idea of a female head of state, India was the second country in the world to elect a female head of state, Indira Gandhi. Presently, women in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet lead some of the most important ministries, from defense to foreign affairs. Yet still, cases of violence against women increased by 40 percent from 2012 to 2016, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. A woman was raped every 13 minutes, a bride was murdered for dowery every 69 minutes, and six women are gang-raped every day in India.

      Politically, women have been making their presence felt in voter turnouts. According to the Election Commission data from 2014 General Elections, the female voter turnout was higher than male turnout in 16 states and union territories out of 35. However, women remain underrepresented in state and national decision-making bodies. The decision making which is done from ministry for women and children is done by men. When someone looks at you suggestively regardless of what you are wearing, just because you have a bigger chest and ass compared to that person, or travelling alone no matter what time of the day while a man following you or listening to comments being passed on or being looked down on by your colleagues at workspace, colleges or even schools by men for being a female and not having a penis; why should those very men make decision for an entire county where 55 percent of work is done by women. So obviously, women remain underrepresented in state and national decision-making bodies. India’s handful of female politicians have occupied some of the highest seats of power but their rise, like many of their counterparts in Asia, has often been through the patronage of the family legacy.

      The barriers of entry for the female politicians are much higher as they contend with multiple other surface and structural issues. According to the Economic Survey 2018, prevailing cultural attitudes regarding gender roles, domestic responsibilities, female illiteracy, lack of confidence or finances and the threat of violence, are just some of the obstacles women face.

      One way to combat this disparity is through quotas.

      In 1994, India ratified the 73rd and 74th amendments to the Indian Constitution, granting women 1/3 reservation in rural and urban democratic bodies. This was followed in 1996 by the introduction of the Women’s Reservation Bill that would reserve 33 percent of seats in Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies for women on a rotational basis.

      After much contestation, the bill finally passes in the Rajya Sabha in 2010 but lapsed in 2014 with the dissolution of 15th Lok Sabha. It continues to languish-22 years since the initial proposal.

      One thing so far is clear as water, that we need female representation in Politics because we need women who have experienced all the problems a female goes through from being a girl to a woman. It’s not just about representation, but to initiate gender equality at the highest rank, for transgender and non-binary citizens to step up and represent their communities. Role model effect also erases the gender disparity in educational attainment of young girls.

      While quotas allow women access to positions of power, according to some detractors, they also weaken the ideas of the election based on merit in democracy. There is concern that women in government may compromise growth as pro-female and pro-family policies are often associated with welfare. However, many women run for the local governments, because of pressure from relatives eager to keep a particular seat in the family or gain material benefit. Their spouses, the “panchayat patis”, often control the position, wielding power through the women’s position. Furthermore, once elected, women often run again for political office even after their constituencies have been de-reserved. While the reservation for women is only for 33 percent of the seats, women make up 46 percent of the elected representatives in Panchayati Raj institutions, exhibiting active participation and leadership at local governments levels.

      Presently, the two largest political parties of India, the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress (INC), support the women’s reservation bill in their rhetoric. However, contrary to the popular rhetoric support, India Today finds that in the 2014 General Elections, BJP gave only 8.8 percent tickets to women candidate and Congress just 12.9 percent.

      The Times of India reported that BJP was planning to field at least 25 percent women candidates in Madhya Pradesh for the 230 seats. BJP’s past record, however, remains a shoddy record.

      In the Karnataka state elections in May, only 6 of the 224 candidates fielded by the BJP were women, less than 3 percent of their total candidature. Ironically, Prime Minister Modi’s slogans as he kicked off the state election campaign were, “Beta, Beti Ek Saman” (Son and Daughter are equal). The other two big parties in Karnataka elections didn’t fare much better when it came to representing women. The INC and JD(S), fielded 15 and 4 female candidates respectively.

      In August, the INC president, Rahul Gandhi, penned a scathing letter to Modi urging him to “walk his walk” on Women’s empowerment and pass the bill. Like BJP, in practice, only 14 percent of the newly formed Congress Workers’ Committee leaders are women, despite the constitution of the INC calling off for 33 percent reservation for the party’s committees.

      Studies show that for women to have a meaningful impact in Parliament, they need to reach at least a 30 percent threshold.

      “We want respect and to be treated on par with another citizen. That  I defeated a person, who is not a transgender shows people love me” these are the words spoken by Dnyaneshwar Kamble, a 40-year-old transgender women elected as Maharashtra’s first ever transgender Sarpanch on 17th October 2018 in the gram panchayat elections in Tarangfal villege of Solapur. Kamble intends to focus on lok sevs (welfare of people) and gram seva (welfare of the village/society). Villagers in her area still defecate in the open- Kamble said she would concentrate on making her village open defecation. She is a Standard VII dropout, but she regrets not completing her education. Kamble would also focus on providing better education to the villagers.

      The Logical Indian community appreciates the fact of how people have chosen Kamble as their representative. Kamble and many others have been on the receiving end of social ignorance. A move like this works as an encouragement for the entire society. We hope this acts a precedent for other communities as well.

      In short, representation matters. Either you are gay, lesbian, binary, non- binary or whatever, we as a whole are citizens of a country which doesn’t allow or even recognizes that representation is the key to a progressive nation and be recognized as a first world country as we should be.

REFERENCES:

https://thediplomat.com/2018/10/where-are-indias-women-politicians/

https://thelogicalindian.com/news/transgender-sarpanch-maharashtra/?amp

https://thewire.in/gender/politics-womens-representation/amp/

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'Project Indian Bride' a 30-minute short film about Rekha, an urban trans girl who wants to be a model. A project comes her way, but the photographer’s wife is very reluctant. The film tells two parallel stories of Rekha and the photographer’s wife.

Comment: The film does have a few mistakes (right at the beginning Nazim says that transgender is a sexuality when it is in fact not. Gender and sexuality, while both are fluid in nature, are two entirely different concepts.) But overall, to watch something created by and for Indians is so heartwarming. The story itself is interesting and I promise you, it has a happy ending. So, watch it. And if you like it, share it because I know how rare it is to find queer content based in India.

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India’s Best TV Shows Have Emerged From Uncensored Streaming Platforms

A few months ago there was a whisper through the brown girl network. I got texts, DMs, and Snapchats, and they all asked the same thing: have you seen Made in Heaven? Have you seen Four More Shots? In the South Asian diaspora, news travels quickly, and these shows—both on Amazon Prime—were the latest.

When I watched them—a few hours at a time, often late into the night—I immediately understood the significance. Handfuls of other Indian dramas on streaming platforms released in the past two years, are not Bollywood, nor are they the Hindi serials on my aunties’ television sets. Their ability to show the genitalia of a transgender woman, surveillance of a gay man by his oppressed neighbor, or a pseudo-woke groom demanding dowry of his bride at the altar is a reality that had, for many years, remained on the cutting room floor because of the Central Board of Film Certification, an Indian government authority which censors media with a conservative lens.

Now, since streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon (as well as homegrown platforms like Hotstar) remain outside of the central board’s regulatory grasp, they are capitalizing on their ability to remain out of the censor board’s reach in a way that allows creators to remain true to their story. In order to circumvent the heavy hand of censorship, some platforms, such as Netflix and Hotstar, have pledged to self censor based on their own interpretation of the law, while others, such as Amazon, are following their own rules.

“We are as compliant with the laws of the land as we are required to be,” said Vijay Subramaniam, director and head of content for Amazon Prime Video in India. “At the same time, we have an internal code. It is important to be authentic, allowing our creators to think unconstrained.”

Made in Heaven, based off the trope of the complex Indian wedding in Delhi’s high society, deftly navigates patriarchy, homophobia, and the caste system with a tenor somewhere between Gossip Girl and HBO’s Divorce. Four More Shots, meanwhile, was described to me as a brown Sex and the City. But with gut-wrenching scenes of a mother separated from her kid, or a bisexual Punjabi woman having a behind-doors relationship with a movie star. is far closer to the reality of a middle class Indian woman eeking out an existance in Mumbai.

“These girls had to be real, had to bleed, had to have flaws and yet had to rise above it all to be their own little un-superheroes,” said Rangita Pritish Nandy, the showrunner and creator of Four More Shots, who also grew up in Mumbai. “Amazon let us tell their story honestly, without being prudish and puritanical.”

The comparison is even more stark if you watch the Bollywood movies that have attempted to tackle similar topics. Earlier this year, established Bollywood producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra, debuted Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (translation: I looked at a girl and felt something), the story of a girl, also in Punjab, who tries to come out to her family. Throughout the course of the two hour film, however, the main character, Sweety, and her girlfriend, Kuhu, never kiss, nor does anyone say anything outright about sexual identity except for a quirky playwright who tries to use his script as a tool to teach her family about equality, likely to avoid censorship.

It’s not necessarily Bollywood’s fault that its storylines remain far removed from the conversations happening in actual Indian society. The censorship board most recently threatened the release of the epic story Padmavat because some Hindu sensibilities were offended by the Muslim character trying to steal away a Rajput queen. The board also repeatedly refused to allow the release of Gulabi Aaina, an award-winning film about transsexuals in India, that is now (after 14 years) on Netflix in India and otherwise. Recently, a censorship board member also attacked Karan Johar, a gay entertainment personality and movie maker, with a weird, now removed tweet about him having sex with his mother.

Some of this censorship has been reined in after India’s Supreme Court struck down Section 377, a British-era law that criminalized homosexuality, last September. But the censorship board, and other conservative voices, can still rely on draconian laws such as Section 292, which bans imagery that is deemed overtly sexual or lascivious, if they want to crack down.

Even with the advent of streaming platforms attempting to win over the Indian market, creators are often careful. “We self censor. It’s not like we don’t show kissing—we swear in the show, but we won’t write a story that’s explicitly sexual or raunchy.” said Ashwin Suresh, founder of Dice Media, Pocket Aces, and the creator of the Netflix show, Little Things, about a young unmarried couple navigating work and social life in Mumbai.

While shows like Netflix’s Sacred Games, about the Mumbai underworld, and Made in Heaven, might not shy away from nudity and explicit violence or sexuality, the creators of Little Things took the route of sitcoms like Friends, employing a mix of comedy and quirk factor. And Suresh, whose shows first became popular on YouTube, said that while he supports the lack of censorship on platforms like Netflix and Amazon, he also tries not to stir up controversy in his shows. “Indian culture is wired not to change. I expect to see some censorship,” he said.

This might seem overly cautious, but Indian censorship can influence global companies as well, even if there’s no clear and consistent way of cracking down on them. Last year Amazon pulled a number of products from its marketplace in India when they were deemed offensive. And it’s not absurd to think that companies like Netflix trying hard to court and profit from the massive, young population in India will end up following any rules that allow it to keep its foothold in the country.

Actors Mithila Phadke and Dhruv Sehgal behind the scenes of Little Things. Image: courtesy Pocket Aces

Ironically, though, it’s the India-based online streaming platforms run by media groups like Star and Zee that are taking the most risks, and critics say it’s not always for the sake of quality. “There’s a lot of exploitation, because there’s no censorship,” said Maanvi Gagroo, an actress who plays the leading role of Siddhi Patel on Four More Shots, in addition to starring on the YouTube series, Tripling. “They put in an intimate scene because they can, even if its not part of the narrative.” Other creators and actors also described these homegrown streamed shows to me as soft porn, or unnecessarily provocative.

Even with some platforms peddling cheap thrills, the massive shift in progressive storytelling has pushed the entire industry one step forward, even on an individual level. “We’re used to watching a lot of intimate scenes but I had personally never done that as an actor,” said Gagroo, whose character Siddhi starts as a virgin dabbling in an online dominatrix persona on Four More Shots. “But my director told me this show would end up liberating me as a person. And it did happen.”

For Nandy, who created the show based on her own life and those of her friends, the important this is to continue making shows that don’t shy away from the grit and complexity of Indian life, especially for women. “The truth is that Amazon just told us to make a great show, they didn’t stick us with any shackles and therefore every track, character,” she said. “And the storyline was not only special but also challenging because we had zero excuses—we had to crack a sticky, genuine and memorable show.”

And for the millions of Indians in and outside the country, it is both a thing of intrigue and relief that the stories we know to be true are no longer diluted by bureaucracy, allowing the evolution of culture, politics and society to live both on screen, and off.

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Why solitary females above 35 in Asia are saying Ye choice that is hie right child!

Why solitary females above 35 in Asia are saying Ye choice that is hie right child!

In Asia, single females over the chronilogical age of 35 are making their very own alternatives with regards to position, dating, and intercourse, fighting stereotypes – and proudly.

Two of my friends that are close solitary feamales in their mid-30s – in the prime of the jobs and enjoying both life and work. They’re not in a rush to comply with norms and acquire hitched. Like almost every other woman that is single Asia, and possibly also abroad, exactly what irks them many is family WhatsApp groups and procedures.

“i’ve muted my household WhatsApp team for a year that is whole. I will be sick and tired of being expected whenever I would ‘settle down’. The scene is the identical at family members weddings. ‘Ab teri baari hai’ isn’t any longer a tale combined with a giggle. It’s a serious and question that is mocking” claims Smriti (name changed on request).

“What’s with society and solitary females? ” asks Minal (name changed on request) that is the account manager at a respected marketing agency in Mumbai. At 37, this woman is pleased and, it, single if you would believe.

“Bridget Jones may have conformed to objectives and gotten hitched, but I’m not planning to, ” she laughs.

A growing trend

Smriti and Minal form part of the tribe that is growing of ladies in India – unmarried or divorced. In line with the final census information (and far changed ever since then), there clearly was a 39 per cent rise in how many solitary ladies – widows, never-married, divorced, abandoned – from 51.2 million in 2001 to 71.4 million last year.

Singles form element of a brand new demographic this is certainly changing the real method ladies are identified in Asia. They’ve been either never-married or divorced, unabashedly celebrating their singledom, perhaps maybe not giving into either the arranged wedding conundrum or even the ticking biological clock.

Author Sreemoyee Piu Kundu featured 3,000 metropolitan solitary females and their diverse tales in her own guide reputation solitary. She told HerStory in an early on meeting, “The tale that we hold very near to my heart is of a transgender solitary mom Gauri Sawant, who adopted the five-year-old orphaned child of a intercourse worker from Kamathipura in Mumbai. Or, the tale of Nita Mathur, who, haunted by the rejections within the arranged wedding market and if she was a virgin, finally underwent a hymen reconstruction to get a ‘Barbie doll’ vagina, ” she says because she was always asked.

Nonetheless, the growing amount of single feamales in the united states is certainly not a sign of empowerment or emancipation. Community remains judgemental, and women that are single limited by stereotypes. Furthermore, it is quite difficult up to now after a specific age.

35 and (still) solitary

Forty-five-year-old ElsaMarie DSilva, Founder and CEO of Red Dot Foundation (Safecity), thinks an item of paper must not determine your relationship. “i’ve been in a number of committed relationships and stay unmarried. We have three wonderful nieces and I also have always been an aunt that is loving many of my buddies’ https://mail-order-bride.net/asian-brides/ single asian women children, ” she says.

She’s delighted that her friends and family have already been supportive of her alternatives.

ElsaMarie informs us, “I have complete great deal of buddies who will be single or divorced. A support has been formed by us system for every other. Needless to say, the norms that are stereotypical for females to marry and possess young ones. But my entire life is evidence that females could be solitary and now have a satisfying and satisfying life. I do not let individuals’s opinions influence me personally. ”

Meenu Mehrotra (50), a consultant that is archetypal healer, and religious counsellor located in Gurugram, stepped away from her wedding of 24 years utilizing the complete help of her moms and dads along with her two grown-up kids.

She says, “We, as a culture, can be stereotypical and judgemental. Although things are changing. Gurugram has a somewhat more contemporary mindset than Delhi. Personally I think due to the demographics, We nevertheless feel being solitary in Asia is really a discomfort within the ass. A doorbell and when not to, taking certain liberties as a neighbour which are subtle yet annoying, managing the labour at home it’s the little things that are hard to articulate – simple things like when to ring. I really could do not delay – on. “

Parul (43), a CA and CPA, thinks that Mumbai is kinder to single females than just about other town in Asia.

“I am maybe not made alert to my solitary status all of the time. There are lots of a lot more of my tribe right here when you look at the city, that makes it normal and appropriate up to a specific level. But, my solitary status does come right into play for security reasons that I am single and living alone as I generally do not voluntarily disclose to people. I have already been extremely happy that my buddies and household have actually accepted my solitary status and there’s no discussion she says around it anymore.

Bengaluru having its cosmopolitan perspective is a great spot for singles to stay, states 35-year-old Sushmita, a writer that is content. “i’ve my personal collection of buddies, outstanding job, and dating apps to get my form of individuals. ”

Megha Manchanda (36), a journalist situated in Delhi, doesn’t see by herself any distinctive from ladies who are hitched with children. She states, “Some close friends, with who i’m hardly in touch, think it is strange that i’m solitary. They feel that we am too choosy, stubborn, etc, which is the main reason i will be perhaps not hitched. I’m I will be a headstrong person – outspoken and firm in my own individual and expert approach. Many old buddies appear to hold me personally in charge of my status that is single.

Ruchi Bhatia (whom thinks age is simply quantity) works in corporate HR and says there are not any inhibitions or obstacles to being solitary. “It seems great being an individual, career-oriented, and committed girl. Your vibe draws your tribe, ” she claims.

Battling stereotypes and in the years ahead

Ladies all around the globe face stereotypes of various types. Single Indian ladies bear the brunt of maybe maybe not conforming to an anticipated lifestyle, engaged and getting married, and kids that are having.

Parul claims, “A large amount of stereotypes do occur even yet in 2019 – that solitary women can be just career-oriented, they’ve been intimately promiscuous, they’ve been lonely and hopeless, they’re faulty products, plus they are anti-men and anti-marriage. ”

“The only presumption they make about me is the fact that i’m constantly looking for a wife since it is observed that my joy is straight connected to my marital status, ” she adds.

Thirty-eight-year-old Aaravi (name changed on demand), a practising attorney in brand New Delhi, states folks are maybe maybe not satisfied with particular life alternatives.

She explains, “People simply assume you might be hitched in accordance with young ones, and then make really statements/random that is crude when you let them know your lifetime alternatives will vary. Individuals treat you love you’ve got missed some thing that is big your daily life – which will be perhaps maybe perhaps not the fact. From providers (banking institutions, federal federal government officers like passport officers) to society (neighbors, acquaintances, peers), they don’t understand how to cope with solitary ladies. ”

Solitary and able to mingle?

While “Single and ready to mingle” could be a tagline when it comes to many years but that is further through the truth than you can imagine – in some instances. What are the results if you should be above 35 rather than shopping for any dedication?

How long does “mingling” go?

ElsaMarie strikes the nail on its mind and states dating and intercourse have actually become consensual, including, “The boundaries of this relationship can be discussed mutually. We have not possessed a nagging problem. ”

But other people disagree.

Meenu says, “Dating is pathetic because Indian guys are mainly unacquainted with this entire concept. Culturally, we now have started to the party that is dating later unlike the western. Therefore lots of males nevertheless have no idea whenever and exactly how to approach a lady – a lot of them are only hunting for effortless intercourse on online dating sites, and of course the numerous frauds. There’s no screening that is full-proof on these sites and that is frightening. ”

Over the exact same lines, Megha says there aren’t numerous dating avenues in Asia and she’s gone the traditional path with socialising, but happens to be unsuccessful in things of relationship. Nevertheless, she hasn’t tried some of the dating that is new-age.

Marching solamente

It’s 2019 yet, solitary ladies in Asia are limited by rules and prejudices. It is found by them tough to travel solamente, and require a guardian’s title of many kinds. Also they are considered incompetent regarding funds, denied hotel spaces, consequently they are more often than not obligated to cave in into the notion of wedding, it or not whether they like.

As Sreemoyee informs HerStory, “There are no committed organizations, communities, apps, or sites for solitary ladies – and I also think there is certainly a big lacuna. ”

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Lies about trans people

”Hennyways trans genderism is a white supremacist ideology. You say transwoman are woman because of, no reason whatsoever, changes based on the phases of the moon or whatever. Now I am cree, in cree culture woman is defined as being female. White gender kids believe not calling a whole ass man a woman is colonialism. But wait my culture says the colonial belief that man is male and woman is female. Does that mean my culture is wrong because you have believe men in makeup are woman? Ergo genderism is white supremacy.

But your white colonial ass may be thinking so what? Who cares if these Indians don’t believe the benis is female? And I agree to an extent appealing to culture is a road that can lead to child brides and ritual suicides. But then say that cracka, say that you don’t care about decolonization if it doesn’t go along with your political beliefs. So I guess a more accurate thing to say is genderism is colonialism. But that goes hand in hand with white supremacy. Plus it was more snappy.”

The quote above is by a disgusting person I will not name.

Holy fucking shit. Does this person believe that Hirschfield, the jewish man in 1930s germany is a white supremacist? Does she believe that every trans poc on the planet is a white supremacist? 

Other than that, this is a true example of “insane troll logic.” Because I have yet to see one fucking example of european settlers forcing any native population to respect transgender people, plus the fact that being a man meant having a penis and women as having a vagina in most european cultures throughout the 16th and early 20th centuries, the height of colonialism. 

It’s really fucking interesting that she brought up “cultures doing things most disagree with too.” Because now anyone who is against child brides and fgm is a white supremacist too. Because then you dont care about decolonialism when it doesnt go against your beliefs.

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Badass Indian Brides Who Broke Stereotypes At Their Wedding

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Badass Indian Brides Who Broke Stereotypes At Their Wedding

Saumya Gaur May 29, 2019

Women are always asked to behave in a decorous manner. Be it their manner of speaking or the way they walk, or the clothes they wear — everything must be done in a ladylike manner. This unsaid code of conduct becomes more stringent when they become brides. So, it’s no wonder the acceptable or encouraged way for a woman to be on her wedding day is one where she is decked to the nines, coyly throwing glances at her betrothed, while accepting the blessings of her well-wishers.

Therefore, when we think of a bride, and a desi bride at that, we visualize a blushing bride dressed in a resplendent lehenga. But there are a few real-life brides, who broke away from this stereotype and did their big day in their unique style, and that too, while rocking that bridal finery! Today, we are bringing you stories of such badass desi brides who reinvented tradition, in their unique way. Keen to know how? Read along.

1. This Bride Who Stalled Her Wedding Celebrations To Take An Exam

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For many women out there, the decision to get married represents a personal crossroads of sorts where they have to choose between their career and personal life. But it wasn’t the case for this badass bride who showed everyone that with it’s possible for women to have it all. HR Swetha’s examination for Company Law and Accounts happened to fall on the same day as her wedding. However, instead of choosing one over the other, Swetha, her husband Naveen, and their family members devised a unique way out. On the day of the exam, the couple got married early morning following which Swetha went to the examination center to take her exam. Talk about dedication!

2. This Bride Who Proved That All That Glitters Is Certainly Not Gold

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While it may vary from one community to others, but the Indian obsession with the precious metal of gold is very real. One occasion where this obsession crosses all limits of sanity is a wedding! Sruthi Krishna decided to buck this trend by swapping the traditional bridal gold jewelry in favor of one which was made from cereal and grains! And this woke bride didn’t just stop at that. Instead of having a gala wedding, she went for a quiet court affair, where her main witness was a transgender LGBTQ activist, Sheethal Shyam. She said that she took this decision to give women and other un-empowered groups the power to be an official authority.

3. This Bride Who Had Her Single Mother Do Her Kanyadaan

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In our cultural context, when it comes to tradition and customs, women are often given perfunctory roles. They seldom perform any authoritative role, more so when they happen to be single. Quashing this trend was this bindaas bride who took a stand against the narrow-minded patriarchal norms by having her mother, perform her kanyadaan. This ritual is usually done by the bride’s father, and when Sandhya had her single mother, Raji Sharma perform it, it symbolized the special role she had played in her life. We are all for this desi bride’s progressive aesthetic!

4. This Bride Who Asked For This Unique Mehr

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In today’s world when women insist on getting a prenup before tying the knot don’t you think it’s very unusual for a bride to ask for her mehr to be in the form of books? Mehr is an obligatory payment in the form of money, possessions, promises, etc. which is promised by the groom to his bride. It is often paid in terms of gold or cash. But Kerala’s Sahla Nechiyil didn’t want her wedding to be defined by the amount of gold she got in her wedding, so she asked for something she could truly appreciate — books! According to Islamic tradition, mehr is the right of a woman, and by exercising this right in her own terms, Sahla set a great example for other hopeful brides.

5. This Bride Who Mounted The Ghodi For Her Own Baaraat

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Why should boys have all the fun? Perhaps this is the thought that was racing through this desi bride’s mind who decided to take out her own wedding procession. Instead of waiting for her groom to show up with band, baaja, baraat, Rajasthan’s Jiya Sharma, showed up on the ghodi herself, with her friends dancing in the baraat behind her!

Not only was this bold move supported by her in-laws and her groom, but they concurred with Jiya that it sent out a strong message in support of women empowerment. We applaud Jiya’s move of dismantling the patriarchy from within by reinventing tradition!

Sassy, socially woke, and full of swag — these bindaas brides perfectly embody the spirit of their millennial generation. By reinventing the archaic and orthodox wedding traditions, they proved to the world that it’s possible to homage to your culture in a modern and socially conscious way.

Which of these brides won your heart? Share your views with us in the comments section.

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