Hyderabad: Well-known couturier Swapnil Shinde has made a big announcement about his gender via social media. Shinde took to Instagram to reveal that he is 'not a gay man' but a transwoman. He has also picked up Saisha as his new name.
Shinde has worked with all the Bollywood A-listers. His creations have been adorning Bollywood divas like Deepika Padukone, Kiara Advani, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Madhuri Dixit-Nene and Sunny Leone for many years.
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On Tuesday, Shinde took to social media to make the announcement about coming out as a transwoman and revealed a new identity as Saisha Shinde. "Saisha means a meaningful life and I plan to make mine an exceptionally meaningful one," she wrote as a caption with her Instagram post.
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The post reads, "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."
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She further wrote, "All through school and college, while the boys outside tormented me because I was different, the internal pain was far worse. 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. It was only in my early 20s at NIFT where I found the courage to accept my truth; I truly bloomed."
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Saisha concluded the important announcement with, "I spent the next few years believing that I was attracted to men because I was gay, but it was only 6 years ago that I finally accepted to myself, and today that I accept to you. I am not a gay man. I am a Transwoman."
Reacting to the announcement, many celebrities have lauded her brave decision and left words of encouragement on her comment section.
