Gauri Sawant

Gauri Sawant is a transgender activist from Mumbai[1]. She is the director of Sakshi Char Chowghi that helps transgender people and people with HIV/AIDS.[2] She was featured in an Ad by Vicks.[3][4][5]

Early life

Gauri Sawant was born and raised in Pune. Her mother died when she was nine years old and she was raised by her grandmother. Her father is a police officer. She was asked to leave the house by her father at the age of 18.[6]

Activism

Gauri founded the Sakshi Char Chowhi Trust in 2000. The NGO promotes safe sex and provides counselling to transgender people.[6] in 2014, she became the first transgender person to file a petition in the Supreme Court of India for adoption rights of transgender people.[7] She was a petitioner in the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) case in which the Supreme Court recognised transgender as the third gender.[1] Gauri adopted a girl named Gayatri in 2008 when she was just 5 years old after Gayatri's mother died of AIDS.[7][8] She plans to start a, old age home for transgender people called Nani ka Ghar, meaning Grandmother's Home, where old transgender people will take care of children of sex-workers.[6][7][9]

In 2017, Gauri was featured in an ad by Vicks based on her life. The ad was part of Vicks' ‘Generations of Care’ campaign and showed the story of Gauri and her adopted daughter Gayatri[3]. She was also invited to the 20th Episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati Season 9, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Gauri Sawant- How I became a Mother - Mumbai Mirror -". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Here Is The Real Life Story Of Transgender Activist Gauri Sawant Of Groundbreaking Vicks Ad". The Indian Feed. 2017-04-01. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. 1 2 "How Activism, Adoption and an Ad Changed a Trans Woman's Life - The Wire". The Wire. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ↑ https://www.timesnownews.com/amp/mirror-now/in-focus/article/the-story-of-gauri-sawant-a-transgender-mother/170134
  5. ↑ http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/interview-if-something-happens-to-me-i-don-t-want-her-to-return-to-the-streets-gauri-sawant-2389451
  6. 1 2 3 "Against All Odds: Activist Gauri Sawant Has Been Fighting For Transgender Rights All Her Life". The Logical Indian. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  7. 1 2 3 "How two mothers came to embrace and accept LGBTQI". The Indian Express. 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  8. ↑ "The mother who has won India's heart". Rediff. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  9. ↑ "Social activist Gauri Sawant to build a foster home for sex workers' children". Mumbai Live. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  10. ↑ "KBC 9 Episode 20: Amitabh Bachchan invites singer Usha Uthup and transgender activist Gauri Sawant on show". 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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