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Society cringes from transgender women, even being superstitious about them. Aren't they just as human as you or I?
Society cringes from transgender women, even being superstitious about them. Aren’t they just as human as you or I?
You didn’t talk to me. You didn’t even sit next to me. But that’s fine. I won’t stop being myself.
You humiliated me. You laughed at me. It’s ok. I won’t stave in.
You pushed me to loneliness. You treated me like dirt. But that’s fine. I won’t regret it.
You threw stones at me. You chased me with slippers in your hands. It’s Ok. I won’t choose to buckle under.
You left me to beg. You forced me to take up prostitution. But that’s fine. I won’t cringe behind.
You denied my rights. You deferred my dreams. It’s OK. I won’t lose faith.
You addressed me as ‘him’. You considered me as male. It’s Ok. I won’t mask my identity.
But dear, I have got something to tell you. Please remember, tears are salty even for me.
I am, but a transgender woman.
I walk in with fear of uncertainty to enter that ladies compartment in the train or to that women’s public toilet for people may look at me as an alien monster.
I walk in with a fear of rejection to enter those college premises, for people may deny my application.
I walk in with a fear of failure to enter that corporate office, for people may send me back without a job.
Yet, I choose to walk straight with head held high. You know why? Because I have already climbed mountains, carrying all your labels that you had stamped on my back.
It’s ok to tag me as male, it’s ok to tag me as trans, but please answer me, is it ok if you forget to wear your badge as ‘ human?
Image source: By P.ABHIJITH (Grace Banu) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons, for representational purposes only.
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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