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Rarely some boys feel they have hidden feminine qualities in their mind
and body. They want to wear girl's dresses. They want to behave like
girls. They want to be far from boys and boyish nature. For them,
it is impossible to be like other boys. Their mind always forces themselves
to be a girl. This happens due to hormonal imbalance. This is a
permanent biological problem that happens rarely in some boys. In
countries like India, These kind of people have to face insults since
their childhood. Classmates tease them. Teachers scold them. Parents
beat them. Finally these people walk out of their homes or they are
forced to go away from homes. They go and join their separate
community. They get amputation of genitals (cutting of penis and
testicles). These people are called transgenders. These transgenders
do not have respect in society. Society considers them as untouchable.
Their lives are tragic. They cant get jobs. They dont have reservations.
They dont have identity cards. They work as either prostitutes or
beggars. Now let us see such a transgender.
.
By birth, Kalki Subramaniam was a boy. But due to hormonal imbalance,
she had to force herself to be a girl. She faced all kinds of problems,
insults and worries by her parents, neighbours, relatives , classmates
and teachers. Finally she became a transgender. Now she wears sarees
and bangles. She uses lipstick. But she did not think her life was a
tragedy. She showed her determination, talent, courage, hard work and optimism to the society.
.
Kalki Subramaniam became an activist, author, artist actor and an entrepreneur. She is the founder of Sahodari Foundation which works
for the social, economic and political empowerment of transgender
persons in India. Kalki holds two Master’s degrees - First one in
Journalism and Mass Communication and the second one in
International Relations. She has lectured in numerous prestigious
institutions like IIT Madras, Jindal Global Law School, National Judicial Academy, ShriRam College Delhi, Gauhati University, University of
Calicut, CET Trivandrum and many more institutions across India.
She has also represented India in seminars internationally.
.
Her collection of poetry in Tamil titled 'Kuri Aruthean' was published
recently by reputed publishing house Vikatan publishers. She is
currently writing two of her books, her first English book and her
second Tamil book.
.
On February 21st 2009, Kalki was awarded the 'Lifetime Achievement
Award' by the Lioness Club of Chennai in appreciation of her
transgender rights advocacy work. She has received several awards
for her contribution towards transgender rights. Kalki was one of the
major campaigners behind the Indian Supreme Court's verdict legalizing transgender identity in India.
.
In October 2010, Ms.Kalki was invited by the government of the
America for a 16 days International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP)
to Washington DC, New York and Salt Lake City.
.
In 2012, Kalki was invited by the then Chief Justice of India, Shri.
Altamas Kabir to Rashtrapathi Bhavan to participate in his swearing in ceremony.
.
She has received numerous awards for including social work, film
performances and her literary contributions. On March 8th 2015,
women's day, Facebook chose Kalki as one of the 12 inspiring women
of the world who use Facebook as a community development platform
for empowerment.
.
The Logical Indian website has honoured Kalki as the 'Pride of the Nation' through its initiaitive 12Humans. org. NDTV and L'OReal Paris have
nominated her for the 2016, Women of Worth awards under the arts category.
and body. They want to wear girl's dresses. They want to behave like
girls. They want to be far from boys and boyish nature. For them,
it is impossible to be like other boys. Their mind always forces themselves
to be a girl. This happens due to hormonal imbalance. This is a
permanent biological problem that happens rarely in some boys. In
countries like India, These kind of people have to face insults since
their childhood. Classmates tease them. Teachers scold them. Parents
beat them. Finally these people walk out of their homes or they are
forced to go away from homes. They go and join their separate
community. They get amputation of genitals (cutting of penis and
testicles). These people are called transgenders. These transgenders
do not have respect in society. Society considers them as untouchable.
Their lives are tragic. They cant get jobs. They dont have reservations.
They dont have identity cards. They work as either prostitutes or
beggars. Now let us see such a transgender.
.
By birth, Kalki Subramaniam was a boy. But due to hormonal imbalance,
she had to force herself to be a girl. She faced all kinds of problems,
insults and worries by her parents, neighbours, relatives , classmates
and teachers. Finally she became a transgender. Now she wears sarees
and bangles. She uses lipstick. But she did not think her life was a
tragedy. She showed her determination, talent, courage, hard work and optimism to the society.
.
Kalki Subramaniam became an activist, author, artist actor and an entrepreneur. She is the founder of Sahodari Foundation which works
for the social, economic and political empowerment of transgender
persons in India. Kalki holds two Master’s degrees - First one in
Journalism and Mass Communication and the second one in
International Relations. She has lectured in numerous prestigious
institutions like IIT Madras, Jindal Global Law School, National Judicial Academy, ShriRam College Delhi, Gauhati University, University of
Calicut, CET Trivandrum and many more institutions across India.
She has also represented India in seminars internationally.
.
Her collection of poetry in Tamil titled 'Kuri Aruthean' was published
recently by reputed publishing house Vikatan publishers. She is
currently writing two of her books, her first English book and her
second Tamil book.
.
On February 21st 2009, Kalki was awarded the 'Lifetime Achievement
Award' by the Lioness Club of Chennai in appreciation of her
transgender rights advocacy work. She has received several awards
for her contribution towards transgender rights. Kalki was one of the
major campaigners behind the Indian Supreme Court's verdict legalizing transgender identity in India.
.
In October 2010, Ms.Kalki was invited by the government of the
America for a 16 days International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP)
to Washington DC, New York and Salt Lake City.
.
In 2012, Kalki was invited by the then Chief Justice of India, Shri.
Altamas Kabir to Rashtrapathi Bhavan to participate in his swearing in ceremony.
.
She has received numerous awards for including social work, film
performances and her literary contributions. On March 8th 2015,
women's day, Facebook chose Kalki as one of the 12 inspiring women
of the world who use Facebook as a community development platform
for empowerment.
.
The Logical Indian website has honoured Kalki as the 'Pride of the Nation' through its initiaitive 12Humans. org. NDTV and L'OReal Paris have
nominated her for the 2016, Women of Worth awards under the arts category.
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