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JENNIFER KISHAN, Contributing writer

February 3, 2024 12:24 JST

KOLKATA -- Daniella Mendonca, an intersex person, gushes over her wedding gown as she meticulously plans her wedding with her partner Joel. Drag performer Lush Monsoon anticipates a first meeting with a blind date over feverish texts in the middle of the night. Trinetra Haldar, a transgender woman, flits between the cities of Mumbai and Manipal, navigating two worlds as an actor and a doctor.