Famous trans man
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Her someone special will be the Tamil population not only in India but also abroad, particularly in North America, Europe and South-East Asia.
The Tamil talk show will initially focus on homosexuality and alternate sexuality, phobias and mania and later on socio-economic issues and politics.
With her long hair tied in a bun and wearing a printed capri and a striped top, 28-year-old Rose said, I will be the first transgender anchor in India and after the announcement by Star Vijay, which will produce my programme, many are treating me like a star.
At five feet eight inches and with an athletic figure, Rose can be the envy of any item girl in Bollywood. Wearing red nail polish and her eyes laced with a black eyeliner, as Rose rides into a petrol station, the attendants address her as Madam without realising she is a transgender.
I was born a boy in a conservative Chettiar business family on May 6, 1979, with one sister and two brothers. From the age of five I would wear my sisters clothes and play with her dolls. When I went to school, the boys would tease me because
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Monika: Today it is my pleasure and honor to interview Rose Venkatesan, an Indian talk show host and celebrity, filmmaker, politician, and transgender activist. She was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Rose made her television debut in the talk show Ippadikku Rose (Yours truly, Rose) and continued her TV career in the show Idhu Rose Neram (This is Rose Time). In 2011, she became a Radio Jockey at BIG FM 92.7. Hello Rose!
Rose: Hello Monika!
Monika: Rose, having so many talents, which fields you are most interested in: talk show hosting, radio, film making, politics, transgender activism, or maybe something different?
Rose: I prefer filmmaking to everything else, as it gives me the opportunity and almost total freedom to say what I want to say, to bring out that women/transwomen’s perspective to the Indian movie, which is largely a patriarchal, male-centered, male-glorifying, gay-ridiculing, trans-ridiculing, female-abusive item of entertainment.
I have tried my hands at TV, radio, and politics, all of which force you to work under or for a male owner/controll Hindustan Times | ByGC Shekhar, Chennai Nov 02, 2007 01:55 AM IST She walked into the hall with an aura of a celebrity and apologised for the 30-minute delay, blaming the make-up and traffic snarl for it. Even though her first show is still to go on air, Rose is already a star. She is the first transvestite to host a show in Indian television history. The 28-year-old from Chennai will host a talk show on Star Vijay, a popular Tamil TV channel. Titled Ippadikku Rose (Yours Rose), the show will discuss various social issues, including those that are taboo — like her own misunderstood sexuality. An engineering graduate with two Master degrees from the US, Rose was born a boy. “I used my male identity to complete my education and only three years ago I announced ‘my coming out’,” Rose told a crowded press meet in Chennai. Rose hopes that the show will change the image of transvestites, most of whom have been forced into beggi
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Meet India’s first transvestite TV host
An engineering graduate with two Master degrees from the US, Rose was born a boy, reports GC Shekhar.
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