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Laxmi Narayan Tripathi
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Articles & Websites

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/2186002/meet-laxmi-narayan-tripathi-transgender-indian-demigod-bringing

https://www.guernicamag.com/indias-third-gender/

https://www.sapiens.org/body/hijra-india-third-gender/

https://scroll.in/article/814182/why-i-chose-to-become-a-hijra-laxmi-in-her-own-words

http://mumbaiqueerfest.com/2017/05/kashish-2017-honours-laxmi-narayan-tripathi-manavendra-singh-gohil-rainbow-warriors/

https://www.mid-day.com/articles/a-queer-love-story-of-laxmi-narayan-tripathi-and-bodybuilder-aryan-pasha/21694708

https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-01-21/pariah-demigod-transgender-leader-star-massive-indian-festival

Books

Tripathi, Laxmi Narayan, and Pooja Pande. Red Lipstick: The Men In My Life. Penguin, 2017.

Video

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMuGkOrzHC0