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Padmini Prakash has become India’s first transgender anchor after she read her first bulletin last month on Lotus TV based in southern city of Coimbatore.

Padmini, 31, who had to drop out of college after her family abandoned her at the age of 18, said she wanted people to respect her community.

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“Since this is a job of great responsibility I wanted to motivate people of my community by choosing this profession.

By seeing my growth as a professional I want people to respect my community as well,” she told Al Jazeeera.

She read her first bulletin on August 15 aft