Shanta is a 32-year-old young woman from Andhra Pradesh. She has a partial hearing disability since her birth. Due to this she was never sent to school and was married off at a very young age to a man much older than her. She lives in Shiddlaghatta Taluk, Chikkaballapur with her husband and two daughters. …
Kalam is a 32-year-old HIV+ Jogappa (identifies as ‘they’). They have been living with HIV for the past four to five years but their family does not know. They started pressurising and emotionally blackmailing them to get married soon. Kalam approached the CBO regarding this and CBO members visited their house, but the family members …
Madhubala is a Jogappa aged 35. She is a Dalit person and stays in Shorapura Taluk. Ttwenty years of her life were very difficult with issues like gender dysphoria and caste oppression. She joined the Jogappas and learned to dance and sing. Society respects the Jogappas as they are associated with God and religion and …