Project Bolo - Laxmi Narayan Tripathi

PROJECT BOLO, meaning 'Project Speak Up', offers role models by documenting Indian LGBT persons -- their growing up, struggles, love, career, achievements and life.

Project Bolo's objective is to record Indian LGBT history, as well as inspire and empower the LGBT community in India, by presenting video interviews of LGBT persons and role models, who 'speak up' about their life and work.

This interview features LAXMI NARAYAN TRIPATHI.

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LAXMI NARAYAN TRIPATHI

Laxmi has always loved to be in the limelight... whether it isLaxmi has always loved to be in the limelight. Whether on stage as a dancer from the age of seven, or on a movie or television set, or under the gaze of news cameras across the world... Laxmi has been a showstealer. As India's most visible and controversial Hijra (transgender), she has balanced working for the community at the grassroots as an activist with using her glamorous celebrity image to push the envelope right up to an UN task force meeting. Never scared to speak her mind, she also is perhaps one of the few Hijras to stay with her biological family and be accepted by them.

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For more information and to read the transcript of the above interview please visit http://www.projectbolo.com/​laxmi.htm

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If you have any questions, please write to projectbolo.vol1@gmail.com

Project Bolo is produced by The Humsafar Trust in association with Solaris Pictures and supported by UNDP (India)

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[nexusnova1]

Hi, Could you please help me to contact Laxmi Narayan Tripathi? I am from the USA. I would like to become a Hijra like Laxmi Narayan Tripathi. I would like to move to India and join Laxmi Narayan Tripathi's Hijra family.

Thank you,

Ed

[SolarisPictures]

@nexusnova1 u can contact her through facebook - send her a message. Best wishes...

[ishrattazeen]

lol the last comment of the interviewer couldnt suppress laughter...

laxmi is a beautiful person... she changed my perspective of hijras... i was always scared of them... cos i never knew how they were an what sort of life they had.. laxmi's efforts have really paid off... i respect hijras more now.. laxmi is such a gentle creature.. luv u laxmi :) :)

[hari675]

Nice Bite...My Wishes-Hugs always with U-Be Healthy

[jagggy420]

Go lakshmi go!

[Raghvndra666]

good laxmi nice effort

[ishrattazeen]

ps. i meant i couldnt suppress laughter lol