Padma Lakshmi becomes Kerala's first transgender lawyer

Kerala has got its first transgender lawyer in Padma Lakshmi who enrolled as an advocate with the Bar Council of the state on March 19.

State Minister P Rajeev shared on Instagram that Lakshmi was among more than 1500 law graduates who were given the Bar enrolment certificate.

A law graduate from Ernakulam Government Law College, Padma Lakshmi also aims to crack the judicial service exams, India Today reported.

In his post which has been translated from Malyalam to English, P Rajeev wrote said, "Congratulations to Padma Lakshmi who overcame all the hurdles of life and enrolled as the first transgender advocate in Kerala. Becoming the first is always the hardest achievement in history. There are no predecessors on the way to the goal. Obstacles will be inevitable. There will be people to mute and discourage. Padma Lakshmi has written her name in the legal history by overcoming all this."

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