Sunday, December 20, 2009

India hosts first transsexual beauty pageant in Chennai...


More than 100 hopefuls vied for the title of India's most beautiful transsexual at the country's first such pageant for members of the marginalised community.

The event in the southern city of Chennai was unique in a country where transsexuals live on the fringes of society, drawing 120 contenders between the ages of 20 and 35 from across India, AJ Hariharan told AFP.

Hariharan is founder secretary of the Indian Community Welfare Organisation (ICWO), which put on the contest and works for the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Chennai. More...

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