One of the participants in this panel discussion is Tashi:
Tashi Choedup (They/She) is a trans feminine Buddhist monastic (nunk) with more than a decade of experience in human rights and community work. They are a member of the Telangana State Government's Welfare Board for Transgender Persons. They work for Queer-Trans Wellness and Support Center at Yugantar, Hyderabad. They are currently the National Coordinator (India) at the Foundation for Preservation of Mahayana Tradition. They are an executive committee member at the Anveshi Research Centre for Women’s Studies and a core group member of the National Ecumenical Forum For Gender and Sexual Minorities (NEFGSM) at the National Council of Churches of India. They also engage with queer folks as a peer counselor. They are a fellow at Salzburg Global LGBT* Forum. They are one of the founding members of Telangana Hijra Intersex Transgender Samiti and Queer Swabhimana Yatra. They are a student of Buddhist philosophy and psychology. Their primary areas of interest are community building, faith, religion, mental health, and queer rights.
Tashi Choedup
We are proud to announce that we are organizing an interfaith discussion, where transgender people of different faiths will come together and discuss the similarities of their faiths, and what trans stories/traditions can be found in their respective religions.