The occasion featured India’s first transgender ventriloquist, Jaanu, and a trans woman gym trainer, Ani Mangalore.They shared their experiences and challenges.
Rainbow Habba 2025, which celebrates gender and sexual diversity, was held on a grand scale in the city on Saturday.
The occasion featured India’s first transgender ventriloquist, Jaanu, and a trans woman gym trainer, Ani Mangalore. They shared their experiences and challenges.
Siddappa Hukkeri from Belagavi was felicitated for securing a peon’s post in the the Hassan District Court through the 1% reservation for transgender individuals.
During his felicitation, Hukkeri highlighted the role of Manohar Elevarthi, Rajesh Srinivas, and Nisha Gulur from Sangama Foundation, an LGBT rights group based in Bengaluru, which had submitted a Public Interest Litigation in 2022 seeking 1% reservation in state government jobs for transgender minorities to help trans people earn a respectable livelihood rather than resort to begging.
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