This film was an interesting one. It was hard to stay awake for the most part not because it was a bad movie, but because I was extremely sleep deprived. In a very very short sentence, the movie is about a prison man who identifies as homosexual and has to deal with living in Castro’s Cuba. The whole movie reminded me about the discrimination against transgender people in India. Transgender kids are abandoned by their families early on in their lives and they kind of group together at train stations and live in homeless packs around the country. They make money by begging in trains. The whole situation is very upsetting a lot of high profile films/artwork have been made to bring awareness to this serious issue. One great thing that the government does is it gives them opportunities in high position offices. So the issue is very sticky because these groups get so discriminated against, they use their “bad luckness” as a means of getting money. People in India are quick to give them whatever amount they ask out of fear of being cursed. It’s true– it happened right in front of me when my grandpa gave 100 rupees to her. They also go to weddings and celebrations and threaten to curse the place. These transactions are more high range where they demand thousands of rupees.

I like America where people who are transgender are assimilated in society, but also have support groups and their own communities. I watched the broadway show, Kinky Boots a couple months ago and I absolutely loved it! The entire cast was transgender and open about it which I truly loved. There is a ways to go in India for something like that to happen, but hopefully the country will make progress through as these art forms help build awareness of the seriousness of the issue.

Here’s a link to a political movement where the Indian government was challenged to raise awareness.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/25/making-transgender-rights-reality-india