Transgender activist Neysara Rai brightened India's name on the globe, founder of Transgender India.com

Transgender activist and founder of TransgenderIndia.com, Neysara Rai

                                       

Neysara Rai who is known worldwide as one of India's most famous transgender activists, has currently acquired the title of being a first Indian trans woman to attend the Nation's Prestigious Hall of Fame at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC. Currently the chief of International Affairs at TransAmsterdam, Rai continues to work for the community and creates content that demystifies the medical and legal processes, taking members through a process of self-actualization.   

As well as, she brightened India's name on the globe and  also the pioneer of the first trans-exclusive online discussion forum in India called "TALK". They use the power of technology to create information spaces and open the way of conversations for transgender people across India. "TALK" helps to establish people to people communication between transgender people who felt isolated from the society.

In today’s time there will be hardly anyone who does not know the name of Neysara Rai. Neysara Rai who is India's renowned transgender rights activist and founder of TransgenderIndia.com which is a pioneering portal working for the cause of transgender individuals across the country and to empower them with information.

On the International Transgender Day of Visibility 2020 Rai has been put up as part of an exhibition called ‘Vital Voices: 100 Women Using their Power to Empower’ at Kennedy Center and one of the busiest performing arts platforms in the US, hosting around 2,000 performances every year. 

Recently, ‘The August Company’ which is a known lifestyle brand of India also featuring Neysara Rai along with other global inspiring women such as Melinda Gates, Malala YusufZadai, Greta Thunberg, Beyonce and Serena Williams.

Rai was just 23 years old when she took a stand aganist her family for getting a unique identy for her community. Braving stiff opposition from her family she underwent a sex reassignment surgery. She has always been vocal about the prejudices transgender individuals face across the country. She is a veritable trailblazer, insofar as transgender rights movement in India is concerned.

Neysara who is a strong believer in the power of awareness and knowledge amplified through technology has taken an initiative in the form of TransgenderIndia.com portal. She syas- “In India, transgebder people are seen as as sub-human and crime against them or trafficking of them is not even considred as trafficking. Currently the information spread through the TransgenderIndia platform is translated into six major Indian languages, helping information break through socio-economic and language barriers”

When we talk, about why a known global movement like ‘Vital Voice’ select Neysara, the Organization says- through her initiative, ‘TransgenderIndia’ she empowers thousands of transgender people across India with awareness and knowledge to make informed choices, thereby preventing them from being lured into sexual or labour trafficking in the name of culture or tradition".

If we turn the pages of history, the transgender community in every corner of the world has had to go through a very difficult period to get their rights. It is unfortunate that the society has always been dealing with transgender community in a discriminatory manner. Being transgender is not a crime. We have to understand that no human being in the world can decide his gender at birth. Studies show that the sex of an infant is determined by hormonal activities within the womb.