"I Was Always The Woman I Am": Transgender Instagram Star Fights Bigotry
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From the age of four, Trinetra Haldar Gummaraj was bullied and shamed every time she tried on her mother's sarees or high heels or did anything deemed feminine.
Transgender activist, surgeon in training and Instagram influencer: at just 24, doctor Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju has worn many hats. But one thing has remained constant.
"I was always the woman I am," she said.
But few saw her as she wanted to be seen. Instead, from the age of four, Gummaraju was bullied and shamed every time she tried on her mother's sarees or high heels or did anything deemed feminine.
"My parents saw me as a deficient male," said Gummaraju, who is interning at KMC Manipal in Karnataka, one of India's top teaching hospitals.
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