Fashion designer Swapnil Shinde comes out as a transwoman
Shinde took to Instagram and wrote a long post, wherein they implied they may be addressed as 'Saisha', which means "a meaningful life"
"I'm not a gay man. I am a transwoman."
(Source: Instagram/@officialswapnilshinde) Bollywood designer Swapnil Shinde, who has worked with many celebrated actors in the industry — including the likes of Kiara Advani, Shraddha Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone, to name a few — has come out as a transwoman.
Shinde took to Instagram and wrote a long post, wherein they implied they may be addressed as ‘Saisha’, which means “a meaningful life”.
“All through school and college, while the boys outside tormented me because I was different, the internal pain was far worse,” they wrote in the post. “I felt suffocated living in a reality that I knew wasn’t mine, yet one that I had to stage everyday because of societal expectations and norms. It was only in my early 20s at NIFT where I found the courage to accept my truth; I truly bloomed (sic).”
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