Indian transgender politician Apsara Reddy: ‘I want to be looked upon as an equal’
23 January 2019 |
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India's opposition Congress party has recently appointed transgender activist Apsara Reddy as general secretary of its women's wing, making her the 134-year-old party's first transgender office bearer.
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