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| Description | — | Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is a transgender/hijra rights activist, actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer and motivational speaker in Mumbai, India. She is also the Acharya Mahamandaleshwar of the Kinnar Akhada. Despite rumours that she was removed from this appointment, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi leads the Akhara with the full support of the Akhara Parishad. She was born in Malti Bai Hospital on 13th Dec 1978 in Thane. She is the first transgender person to represent Asia Pacific in the UN in 2008. At the assembly, she spoke of the plight of sexual minorities. "People should be more human-like. They should respect us as humans and consider our rights as transgenders," she said. She was a contestant on the popular reality show Bigg Boss season 5 in 2011. Her efforts helped the first transgender team scale a Himalayan peak in 2020. |
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