Rose-India’s first trans celebrity challenges gender taboos

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Rose-India’s first trans celebrity challenges gender taboos

by Kimberly Leung | Category: Uncategorized | |

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Rose Vankatesan, formerly known as Ramesh, will be India’s first openly transgender TV celebrity. Her talk show “Ippadikku Rose” (“Yours, Rose”) premiered this month in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. She is said to be South India’s “local Oprah”—except more explicit and honest in discussing gender, and don’t expect Dr. Phil to be walking-on.

For more info, see nytimes (“Tackling a Society’s Boundaries”)