Vellai Mozhi – Frankly Speaking: An Indian Trans Woman’s Life Journey

Island of Coron, Palawan. photographed by Nicko Melendres

Artist and activist A. Revathi will be performing Vellai Mozhi : Frankly Speaking on April 18, 5:30 – 7:30pm at 485 Broadway, Lower Lecture Hall.

The performance will be in Tamil with English subtitles, followed by a Q+A session.

Vellai Mozhi – Frankly Speaking, is a powerful first-person account of a hijra-thirunangai-transfeminine experience in southern India. A. Revathi enacts her life as a Tamil trans woman, stringing stories about finding community, navigating family relationships, encountering violence, building solidarities, finding and losing love, and discovering the joys of writing and performing.