Trans model set to make history at Indian fashion week

Breaking stereotypes: Lama posing during a fitting ahead of the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai. The Nepali hopes to inspire other victims of gender identity discrimination across South Asia. — AFP

Mumbai: A Nepali who will become the first transgender model to walk the runway at an Indian fashion show hopes to inspire other victims of gender identity discrimination across conservative South Asia.

Anjali Lama, who was born a man in rural Nepal, was ostracised by members of her own family after telling them 12 years ago that she wanted to live as a woman.