Designer Swapnil Shinde comes out as a transwoman, changes name to Saisha
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New Delhi, Jan 7 : Fashion designer Swapnil Shinde has announced she is a transwoman and changed her name to Saisha.
Shinde, who has worked with Bollywood stars like Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, Taapsee Pannu and Kiara Advani, on Tuesday took to Instagram to make the announcement.
She has also shared pictures of herself post the transformation.
Shinde wrote: Irrespective of your origin, there will always be something that reminds you of your childhood. For me, it takes me back to the kind of loneliness that aches, to pressures that pushed me into solitude and the chaos of confusion that grew every moment. All through school and college, while the boys outside tormented me beca
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Fashion Designer Swapnil Shinde Comes Out As A Transwoman, Says She s Now Saisha
Fashion designer Swapnil Shinde has come out as a transwoman, revealing her new name to be Saisha. Shinde, who has worked with several stars of the industry, including Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, Taapsee Pannu and Kiara Advani, on Tuesday took to Instagram to share about her journey of coming out publicly as a transwoman.
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Mumbai: Fashion designer Swapnil Shinde has come out as a transwoman, revealing her new name to be Saisha. Shinde, who has worked with several stars of the industry, including Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, Taapsee Pannu and Kiara Advani, on Tuesday took to Instagram to share about her journey of coming out publicly as a transwoman.
Fashion Designer Swapnil Shinde Comes Out As Transwoman, Reveals Her New Name I felt suffocated living a reality that I knew wasn t mine, yet one that I had to stage every day because of societal expectations and norms, Shinde wrote on instagram. officialswapnilshinde/ Instagram Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-06T18:44:02+05:30 Fashion Designer Swapnil Shinde Comes Out As Transwoman, Reveals Her New Name outlookindia.com 2021-01-06T18:51:23+05:30
Celebrity fashion designer Swapnil Shinde has come out as a transwoman, revealing her new name to be Saisha.
Shinde, who, until now had been identifying herself as a gay man, revealed on Instagram that she identifies herself as a transwoman.
Shinde said it was only in her 20s when she joined the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), she found the courage to accept my truth. I truly bloomed. I spent the next few years believing that I was attracted to men because I was gay, but it was only six years ago that I finally accepted to myself, and today that I accept to you. I m not a gay man. I am a Transwoman, she said in her note.
Shinde also posted pictures of her new look and said her new name means a meaningful life .
Several of Shinde s friends and colleagues from the industry, including Shruti Haasan, Aditi Rao Hydari, Esha Gupta and Shraddha Srinath, congratulated her.
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