Fashion designer Swapnil Shinde opens up about being a transwoman, claims identity as Saisha

Fashion designer Swapnil Shinde on Tuesday took to Instagram to share that she now identifies as a woman. In a detailed post, the designer who has dressed several Bollywood stars like Kareena Kapoor Khan and Anushka Sharma, revealed her new identity as Saisha Shinde.

“Saisha means a meaningful life and I plan to make mine an exceptionally meaningful one,” she captioned her post.

Describing her experience growing up, Shinde wrote, "All through school and college, while the boys outside tormented me because I was different, the internal pain was far worse. I felt suffocated living a reality that I knew wasn’t mine, yet one that I had to stage everyday because of societal expectations and norms."


She went on to add that it was only during her 20s while studying at NIFT when she found the courage to accept her truth that she truly bloomed.

"I spent the next few years believing that I was attracted to men because I was gay, but it was only 6 years ago that I finally accepted to myself, and today that I accept to you. I am not a gay man. I am a Transwoman,” she concluded the post.

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Shinde's post received a lot of love from fans and the film industry.