If you are queer, then you are threatened on a daily basis that you cannot come and open up, you cannot dress in a way you want to, you cannot express yourself the way you want to

After the customary team-building and motivational points, he made the most important announcement – that of forming an LGBTQIA Club, and including their interests and requirements in the company policies.

The management could no longer feign ignorance. The transformation began. Sensitization sessions were organized. Her manager was held accountable for her behaviour. The atmosphere started shifting from tolerance to acceptance.

“She hasn’t done anything to be dismissed from service. Her gender is not important to me; her capabilities are. I don’t think I can find another house help as trustworthy or reliable as her.”

Priyanka Sharma runs her business of blended teas from a Garima Greh in Delhi, which are set up by the govt to support trans persons.