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Ms.PriyaBabu,a multi-faceted personality – Transgender Rights Activist, Mentor to Transgender Community Organizations, Film maker, Author, Publisher, editor of first Trans News Magazine in India; has been working for the betterment and upliftment of Transgender Community since 1998. She is working as Regional Program Manager in Swasti, a NGO. She has helped setup the first Trans Library in India, which is now helping many Research Studies. She is also member of the State Committee setup by the present Tamilnadu Govt for the betterment of Transgenders Ms.PriyaBabu,a is the Organizer of Transgender Resource Center, which has been constantly working to uplift Transgender Community, helping Transgenders to get into mainstream and live a dignified life. Through the Resource Center, she has helped Transgender to establish Trans Kitchen in Madurai and Coimbatore, a community Kitchen run exclusively by Transgenders. And, planning to extend it to Chennai. Transgender Resource Center has also partnered with various colleges for helping Students in their academic research work. She has written and published 8 books on the history and contribution of Transgenders and one of the books have been included in the University syllabus. She has also published research papers tracing the historical antecedents of Transgenders. As a film maker, she has worked as AD for short film. She has been successfully conducting Transgender Film Festival and Short Film competition for the past 3 yrs, highlighting the life and journey of Transgenders.