India Transgender Beauty Pageant Photo Gallery

Contestants compete for the Miss Trans Northeast 22, beauty pageant in Guwahati,

In a celebration of gender diversity and creative expression, a beauty pageant in eastern Indian state of Assam brought dozens of transgender models on stage in Guwahati. Sexual minorities across India have gained a degree of acceptance especially in big cities and transgender people were given equal rights as a third gender in 2014. But prejudice against them persists and the community continues to face discrimination and rejection by their families.

Courtesy : HJ News

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