India's Approach Towards its Transgender Community

Abstract

Transgender community is one of the most controversial and socially marginalised sections of the society. The term transgender carries a stigma with it. Transgender have suffered over the years on all fronts because of non acceptant attitude of society. They face social exclusion as well as family exclusion. This paper is an attempt to make readers aware about their life, their struggle to attain identity in the society. “The Truth About Me” is the courageous and moving autobiography of Revathi who fought against all odds to prove her existence. This book tells us about traumatic life of Revathi born as a male but behaved and felt like a female. “A Gift of Goddess Lakshmi” is the courageous and moving biography of Manobi. Her story tells us that merit is the only equalising factor in search for identity in this callous world. These two narratives are two eye opening narratives for the society.