How BR Ambedkar’s radical critique of caste could transform transgender activism in India

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In this piece, Swarupa and Aniket highlight that Ambedkar’s critique of caste was a critique of structural systemic injustice conceded as tradition. His insights, though rooted in caste, can be extended to the oppression of transgender individuals. A truly Ambedkarite approach to trans liberation must go beyond the politics of identity to a politics of transformation.

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4-14-2025

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