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Jun 16, 2021 · Though Gauri Sawant won the legal battle to normalise the fringe existence of the transgender community, she is still fighting for her own property rights even after seven years of that landmark judgment.
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May 30, 2017 · Today, Gauri Sawant, who is a transgender activist, is inspiring society to accept transgenders. She is also planning to start a home for sex workers’ children to stop them from being sold and pushed into prostitution.
Aug 15, 2024 · — SHREE GAURI SURESH SAWANT, Founder, Sai Savli Foundation (Aajicha Ghar) GROUND REALITY Legally speaking, from India’s famous NALSA Judgement 2014 to the Transgender Persons (Protec-tion of Rights) Act 2019, these legal goodies did pave the way for the transgender community to be bestowed with some form of ‘acknowledged identity.’
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Sridhar Rangayan, 61, Filmmaker,and Saagar Gupta, 54, Writer-director Sridhar is a filmmaker who also runs the popular Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. Saagar is a writer-director. They have been living together in Mumbai since 1994 For Sridhar and Saagar, joining the India Network for Sexual Minorities (INFOSEM) petition filed in ...
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Oct 11, 2022 · From talking about misconceptions to the need to introduce curriculum on gender identity in school textbooks for students to her fight to get transgender people their basic rights, Sawant expressed herself at length on various issues. She also brought up the issue of Right to Property for transgender persons.
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Gauri Sawant was the star of a Vicks commercial that went viral across the world, and now she's using her newfound fame to build a shelter for children of sex workers.
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Aug 7, 2023 · The spine-chilling true story behind Vidyut Jammwal starrer ‘IB71’. Who is Gauri Sawant? Image Courtesy: Gauri Sawant/Instagram. Sawant is the first transgender activist in India and director of Sakhi Char Chowghi. The organisation helps people belonging to the transgender community and people suffering from HIV/AIDS.
