Joyita Mondal never imagined that she would be appointed the country's first transgender judge when she left her home in Kolkata for Siliguri in 2009. KOLKATA: Joyita Mondal never imagined that she ...

Born in a traditional Hindu household in West Bengal, Joyita Mondal suffered a lot of discrimination owing to her being a trans person. She had to drop out of school, sleep at a bus stand, and beg on ...

KOLKATA: Joyita Mondal, India’s first transgendered judge, has been threatened by a group of men, allegedly owing allegiance to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). Mondal said they threatened to stop the ...

Kolkata, July 18 (IANS) Joyita Mondal Mahi has been active as a social worker in West Bengal for over a decade. The 29-year-old is now serving as the state’s first transgender judge of a National Lok ...

A social worker for many years, Joyita Mondal Mahi made news on July 8 when she attended a Lok Adalat at Islampur in the North Dinajpur as the judge, the first member of the transgender community in ...

The city’s first transgender awareness programme for schools was launched at Netaji Nagar Vidyamandir on Saturday. The programme to sensitize students about the LGBTQI community will go on for a month ...

From a transgender who was forced to beg for a living at one time to turning into a social worker, it has been a long journey for Joyita Mondal. (Representative Photo: PTI) From a transgender who was ...

You see them begging at signals or in public transportations, at times we spare them a coin or two and see them the next day doing the same. But Joyita Mondal, a transgender who used to beg just like ...