LGBTQ+ in Modern India
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi |
TEDxMMCOE
• February 2021
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of Kinnar Akhada, she is a trail-blazing transgender and human rights activist. She is a pioneer having represented the Asia Pacific region in the UNAIDS civil society task force, she has been the founder member of the Asia Pacific Transgender Network, the national network for transgender, hijra, kinnars, and arawanis, the integrated network for sexual minorities, bar dancers and tribal associations. She was a key impleader in the pathbreaking NALSA vs Union of India case which awarded transgender equal rights in India.