Mohini participant said that "We will be doing something new. We want to give a message to the society that we too can move ahead in life."
Earlier in June, Odisha State became the 1st region in the country to give transgender people social welfare benefits. A landmark judgement in 2014 recognized transgender as a legal 3rd gender. Activists say there are hundreds of thousands of transgender people in India. Many face discrimination, including verbal, physical and sexual abuse.
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