A couple of days ago, ace fashion designer Swapnil Shinde came out as a transwoman.
Now named Saisha Shinde, via a social media post, the renowned designer, who has worked with the likes of Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Bhumi Pednekar, Kiara Advani among others, made her identity public and revealed how the pressures pushed her to solitude and it took her years to finally accept that she was not gay but a ‘transwoman’.
And now, praising Saisha for having the courage to accept her identity and being bold enough to come out with it, television star Hina Khan, who has previously worked with the designer, penned a heartwarming note.
Lauding Shinde for her decision and going public with it, Hina, while re-posting the designer’s photo as a transwoman, wrote alongside it, “Identity can originate on the basis of gender but to identify with it, one has to be soulfully connected to it. The warmth and inclusiveness, the creativity and liberalism, the calibre and…