Dr. Aqsa Shaikh - The Transgender Doctor Fighting Ignorance With Empathy

Dr. Aqsa Shaikh, MBBS, MD (Community Medicine), is an Associate professor, at the Department of Community Medicine. She was appointed as the nodal officer for Covid Vaccination Centre, the only transgender person to be in that position.

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Updated on: 22 August 2022 7:15 am

Her foremost fighting is in the front of myths, misconceptions, rumors, and negativity.

She is all for adopting the legal procedures to confront the challenges regarding the violation of human rights of the trans community. She emphasizes embracing the true identity in case of vague sexual orientation. There are many forced orientation-changing operations. She was the driving force behind changing the washroom signage for transgender people in Delhi.