India's first transgender journo faces gender bias in Naval ship
In an incident that exposed the gender bias of the society, Apsara Reddy, India's first transgender journalist, went through a harrowing experience at the hands of  soldiers when she went to prepare a feature on the warship stationed at the Chennai port on Sunday.Â
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Reddy, the chief editor of lifestyle magazine Provoke, was stopped by security guard saying that transgender people are not allowed on board the ship.
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"These type of people are not allowed on the ship, they told me. And when they said 'these type,' they were talking about me. They also made a comment, 'Is that a male or female?' Reddy, who holds a bachelors degree in Journalism from Monash University and an MA in Broadcasting from the City University of London, told Asianet News.
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Reddy, who has worked for BBC World Service, The Hindu, Commonwealth Secretariat in London, The New Indian Express and Deccan Chronicle says that despite giving a complaint mentioning the names of the security guards who stopped her there has been no action from the navy or harbour officials.
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 Reddy has been receiving a lot of social media support on the issue and said she would write to the Human Rights Commission and the Union Government over the behaviour of the two officers. Â
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