Engineer and trans freedom fighter Grace Banu shared her take on independence day on twitter.
“The hands that we use for begging can not reciprocate your wishes and shake hands in equality!” she writes, ““Untouchability by family! Untouchability by society! Untouchability by State! My gender minority community drowning with triple layer oppression.”
Trans community across India has been facing alienation, discrimination, lack of legal protection, denial of rights and much more.
Oh Please!
— GRACE BANU (@thirunangai) August 15, 2022
May you stop showering us,
With your violent
Independence day wishes!
Your words
burn us like a deadly acid,
Can you feel them?
The hands that we use for begging
Cannot reciprocate your wishes
And shake hands in equality!