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India's first transgender news anchor, working at Lotus News in the southern state of Tamil Nadu since 2014 and presenting the news each evening at 19:00.  Former tradition dancer of Bharatnatyam (a classical Indian dance form) and acted in Tamil soap operas.  Competed in beauty contests.  Appointment came just after India's Supreme Court recognized transgenders as a legal third gender, being the first country in the world to do so.  Married with a foster son.
 
India's first transgender news anchor, working at Lotus News in the southern state of Tamil Nadu since 2014 and presenting the news each evening at 19:00.  Former tradition dancer of Bharatnatyam (a classical Indian dance form) and acted in Tamil soap operas.  Competed in beauty contests.  Appointment came just after India's Supreme Court recognized transgenders as a legal third gender, being the first country in the world to do so.  Married with a foster son.
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==See Also==
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* [[Top Television News Anchors Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[Soap Opera Stars and Producers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[Beauty Pageants and the LGBTQ Community]]
  
 
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* http://www.glaad.org/blog/india-gets-its-first-transgender-tv-news-anchor
 
* http://www.glaad.org/blog/india-gets-its-first-transgender-tv-news-anchor
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* http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/09/22/padmini-prakash-is-indias-first-transgender-news-anchor/
 
* http://www.thebetterindia.com/14539/introducing-padmini-prakash-indias-first-transgender-news-anchor-padmini-prakas/
 
* http://www.thebetterindia.com/14539/introducing-padmini-prakash-indias-first-transgender-news-anchor-padmini-prakas/
 
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Latest revision as of 18:30, 18 August 2023

Padmini Prakash

Country

India

Birth - Death

1983 -

Occupation

Journalist

Description

India's first transgender news anchor, working at Lotus News in the southern state of Tamil Nadu since 2014 and presenting the news each evening at 19:00. Former tradition dancer of Bharatnatyam (a classical Indian dance form) and acted in Tamil soap operas. Competed in beauty contests. Appointment came just after India's Supreme Court recognized transgenders as a legal third gender, being the first country in the world to do so. Married with a foster son.

See Also

Further Reading/Research