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PHOTO ESSAY: A symbolic marriage ritual and beauty pageant brings India’s trans community together

Posted 5/18/26

KOOVAGAM, India (AP) — Under stage lights, hundreds of transgender women adjusted their sarees, tucked flowers into their hair, and waited to be called onstage. One by one, they waved to cheering …

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