Transgender activist plans Grandma's home for sex workers'

The sight of a four-month-old baby tugging at her mother's clothes while she attended to a client helped transgender activist Gauri Sawant make up her mind -- she had to do something for the future of sex workers' children.

Sawant is now striving to build a foster home -- 'Nani ka Ghar' (Grandma's home) -- which she hopes will not only prevent children from being dragged into prostitution, but also help them build their lives.

Sawant, who adopted the orphaned daughter of a sex worker in 2001, feels that such children are often subjected to discrimination, even if they are put up in hostels away from home.

"They can't tell the world that their mother is a sex worker and that they grew up in a hostel. But nobody would question them if they say they grew up at 'nani ka ghar'," Sawant told

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