By Trina Talukdar | Co-founder
This November was Gender and Sexuality month at Kranti. The girls learnt about different gender and sexual identities and norms, how to be accepting of different identities and create safespaces for them, through multiple workshops. We also held movie screenings: XXY (about a transexual youth's experience of life) and Tale of the Night Fairies (about the unionisation of sex workers in West Bengal, India).
But it was the culmination of Gender and Sexuality month that was epic! The entire Kranti family took a trip to Bangalore to attend the Pride Parade. We also met other non-profits in Bangalore working in the area of sexuality and gender to learn about their work. From Sangama the Revolutionaries learnt about the health and legal rights of the transgender sex worker community. From LesBiT the Revolutionaries learnt about the work being done for the advancement of the human rights of lesbian and bisexual women, and Female to Male transgenders.
The older Revolutionaries attended TEDxMumbai and were inspired by all the speakers to find their passion, and pursue it all their lives as a profession. Krushnaa Patil, the youngest Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest at 19 years, Ashok Rathod, who started the Oscar Foundation when he was 18 to mobilise the youth in Mumbai's slums, were some of the speakers who inspired the Revolutionaries. Some of the Revolutionaries are now aiming to beat Krushnaa Patil's record to become the youngest Indian woman to climb Mt. Everest! And to encourage them, the Kranti family is taking a week long trek in the Western Ghats to celebrate Christmas and the New Year!
On the organisational front, Kranti partnered with Dream A Dream, who will train our staff and share their curriculum with us on how to use sports and the creative arts to develop life skills in the Revolutionaries. Through Dream A Dream's programs we will build decision-making, problem solving, communication and interpersonal skills, self-awareness, empathy and the ability to cope with emotions and stress in the Revolutionaries.
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By Trina Talukdar | Co-founder
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