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Rehana Fathima
Rehana Fathima

Rehana Fathima was a part of the Kiss of Love movement in 2014. People of Kerela held this movement in Kochi, against the rise of moral policing in Kerela. Fathima, along with her live-in partner, Manoj Sreedharan was leading the Kiss of Love campaign. Manoj Sreedharan posted a video of the kiss on his Facebook handle.Since her childhood, she has questioned the dogmatic rituals and tenets of different religions. In 2016, she was among the first women to take part in the Ayyanthol Puli Kali, a traditional male festive Onam Tiger Dance usually performed by the males.In 2017, she acted in a Malayalam film Eka, an artwork focused on intersexuality. Reportedly, Eka is inspired by real incidents and is the first Indian movie to have brought out and shown the atrocities against transgenders, transsexuals, LGBT and all the gender minorities. However, the movie is banned in India owing to scenes of nudity, violence and political sensitivity shown in the movie.

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