Seminar at Pondicherry University stresses need to represent transgender community with dignity and respect in media
The Hindu
Pondicherry University hosts seminar on International Transgender Day, featuring K. Sheethal's inspiring story and a documentary screening.
The Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communication, Pondicherry University, organised an educational seminar to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility.
Speaking at the event, K. Sheethal, a transwoman who works as Healthcare Exhibitor at the Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, said there were around 1, 233 transgender people living in Puducherry. She shared with the students the struggles that she had to undergo to come up in life, a release said.
“Even I had to face rejection from own family. Despite the difficulties, I am leading a successful life and a proud mother to an adopted daughter who is now in college. The trans community is only seeking the right to live with dignity,” she told students.
A short documentary titled ‘Sheethal’s Story: Breaking barriers brick by brick,’ made by Radhika Khanna, Associate Professor of the Department, was screened. The programme was organised to sensitise aspiring journalists and filmmakers on the need to represent the community with dignity and respect in media, the release said.
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