Joyita Mondal started a non-government organisation for the welfare of the LGBTQIA community and the NGO later branched out to help others, including elderly people and sex workers. At at age of 29, she was appointed as a judge in Lok Adalat in West Bengal, making her the first transgender judge in India.

Here are ten transgender people who are breaking the barriers and have proven their mettle in their respective fields.

On July 8 this year, 29-year-old Joyita Mondal became the country’s first transgender person to be appointed as judge in a Lok Adalat. She became judge in a Lok Adalat in Islampur, West Bengal. Meet the first Transgender Judge of India,Appointed in West Bengal,29-year’s old Joyita Mondal pic.twitter.com/BvMRLFzAOV — चंद्रशेखर गलगले (@cgalgale) October 15, 2017 “When I […]