Laxmi Narayan Tripathi | |
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 Tripathi in 2012 | |
| Born | 1978[1] Thane, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (known as Laxmi, sometimes transliterated as Lakshmi) is a transgender/Hijra rights activist, bollywood actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer and motivational speaker in Mumbai, India. She is also the Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of kinnar akhada.[2][3] She was born in Malti Bai Hospital on 13th Dec 1978 in Thane. She is the first transgender person to represent Asia Pacific in the UN in 2008. At the assembly, she spoke of the plight of sexual minorities. "People should be more human-like. They should respect us as humans and consider our rights as transgenders," she said.[4] She was a contestant on the popular reality show Bigg Boss in 2011. Her efforts helped the first Transgender team to scale a Himalayan peak (Friendship peak) in 2020.
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- ^ टाइम्स, नवभारत (7 February 2019). "किन्नर अखाड़े पर डाक टिकट जारी, दो महंत बने महामंडलेश्वर". नवभारत टाइम्स (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Kumbh Mela 2019: अब तक 13 अखाड़े कुंभ में होते थे शामिल, पहली बार किन्नर अखाड़े की एंट्री, जानें इनकी खासियत". hindi.timesnownews.com (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ Mehra, Preeti (25 April 2014). "A free country, again". The Hindu Business Line. Archived from the original on 8 July 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2015.