Sonia Sarkar - SimpleMedia India

Journalist for two decades covering politics, violence and gender conflict in South and South-east Asia. Bylines in Religion Unplugged, British Medical Journal, Asia Democracy Chronicles, Al Jazeera, South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia and DW.

🇮🇳 Legality and Rights

Indian transgender sex workers: violence, discrimination, stigma remain life-long companions

In India, transgender sex workers comprise 15% of the sex workers’ populace, yet they remain an understudied and underserved group in the commercial sex sector. This group is most exploited and harassed in the sex trade. Transgender sex workers face violence, sexual assault Sex workers in India face inhumane treatment

Sonia Sarkar

Jul 8, 2026