Rose Venkatesan

Rose Venkatesan
Born 1980
India Chennai, India
Occupation Talk Show Host, Radio Jockey, Politician
Years active 2008–present

Rose Venkatesan (Tamil: ரோஸ் வெங்கடேசன்) is an Indian talk show host based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She is trans woman, and has been active in many fields like television and radio.

Personal life

She was born in 1980, and raised as a boy. Rose became aware of her femininity when she was young around five years old and felt uncomfortable being a boy. She started dressing as a woman when she was in her early twenties.

It took her years to tell her family how she felt, but when she did, they were devastated. Her family even looked at marriage as a possible solution after she returned from the United States until they finally accepted her for who she is, although many in her family are still not willing to accept her gender identity.[1][2]

Education

She finished her high school in year 1996 in Sri Ramakrishna Mission Hr Sec School (South), Chennai. She studied Mechanical Engineering at Sathyabama Engineering College currently Sathyabama University, Chennai between 1997 to 2001. She traveled to the United States to study Biomedical Engineering at Louisiana Tech University between 2001 and worked as a website designer before returning home to Chennai in 2003.[3][4]

Career

Television

Rose made her television debut in the talk show Ippadikku Rose (Tamil: இப்படிக்கு ரோஸ்; English: Yours truly, Rose) which aired on Vijay TV. The show dealt with current affairs touching a wide variety of social issues including traditions, taboos, rebels and culture. The show began in February 2008 and ended in April 2009, with Rose shifting to Kalaignar TV for the show Idhu Rose Neram (Tamil: இது ரோஸ் நேரம்; English: This is Rose Time) in July 2009.[5]

Radio

Having ended her television career in 2010, she became a Radio Jockey at BIG FM 92.7 in June 2011, airing the afternoon show Rosudan Pesungal (Tamil: ரோசுடன் பேசுங்கள்; English: Talk with Rose) on Weekdays.[6]

Politics

In March 2012, she stated that she planned to form a political party, the Sexual Liberation Party of India. She said that the party's goals would be promoting sexual freedom and the rights of women and LGBT people.[7]

Film

She will be making her directorial debut with Cricket Scandal, which also features her in the lead with Kishan as the male lead.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "BBC World Service - Find A Programme - A Transgender Rose". Bbc.co.uk. 2007-12-10. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. ↑ Gentleman, Amelia (2008-02-20). "Tackling a Society’s Boundaries, on TV and in a Family - New York Times". India;Chennai (India): Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  3. ↑ "Rose Venkatesan". Facebook. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  4. ↑ http://vijay.indya.com/specials/ippadikku_rose/host.html
  5. ↑ "Rose Venkatesan". Facebook. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  6. ↑ "First transgender RJ on Big FM | Editorial-News". Radioandmusic.com. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  7. ↑ "Rose Venkatesan, the first transgender to float a political party - India News - IBNLive". Ibnlive.in.com. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  8. ↑ "Audio Beat: Cricket Scandal - Movie with a message". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2013-09-10.

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