{"id":1912,"date":"2017-10-05T04:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T04:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.nashik.wordcamp.org\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2017-10-07T12:17:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T12:17:03","slug":"lgbt-pride-on-wordpress-gauri-sawant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/lgbt-pride-on-wordpress-gauri-sawant\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBT Pride on WordPress &#8211; Gauri Sawant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2017.nashik.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/10\/Gauri_Sawant.jpg\" style=\"border:1px #666666 solid\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gauri.sawant.524\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gauri Sawant<\/a>; Society told her that she is not a woman; but she became a mother. They told her that she has no rights of her own, that she does not exist in the eyes of the law; yet, she took in an orphaned girl to protect her right to a happy childhood, so that another little girl doesn\u2019t get trafficked and disappear into oblivion.\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-top:15px\"><strong>You must have seen her in the recent ad of Vicks India.<\/strong><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1140\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7zeeVEKaDLM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><em> Video Courtesy: Vicks India<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-top:15px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gauri.sawant.524\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gauri Sawant<\/a>, born and raised in Pune, is a transgender living in Mumbai for more than 20 years. Gauri Sawant is a 37-year-old transgender social activist. Born as Ganesh Suresh Sawant, she was born and raised in a conservative family in Pune. At a very early age of 9, after her mother&#8217;s demise, Gauri realised that she is different from others. After her mother passed away, she was raised by her grandmother. As a child, she has always been effeminate and more inclined towards the female gender.<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-top:15px\">During one of her several visits to Mumbai&#8217;s red-light area <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kamathipura\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kamathipura<\/a>, Gauri decided not to be a bystander and stepped in. She adopted Gayatri and is bringing her up as her own daughter. She had always wanted to be a mother &#8211; even if the world refuses to see her as such.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t feel special. I became a mother because of Gayatri and she is my pillar of strength. I did what every mother does, As I believe &#8216;Care has no Gender'&#8221; says Gauri.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-top:15px\"> Gauri Tai has decided to build a home for the children of sex workers called <a href=\"https:\/\/aajichaghar.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aajicha Ghar &#8211; \u0906\u091c\u0940\u091a\u0902 \u0918\u0930<\/a>, using her own patch of land, with the hope that given the right environment and coupled with love and support, these children can become anything they would want to be, instead of falling back to the cycle.<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-top:15px\"> In real life, the idea for building a home for children did not crop up suddenly. A trip into the lanes of Kamathipura, Mumbai\u2019s oldest red-light district, ended up in Gauri stumbling upon something that she would never quite forget<\/p>\n<p>Instead of approaching others, She decided that she will build a <a href=\"https:\/\/aajichaghar.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">home<\/a> for these children. The thought helped her realize the aptness of the phrase, \u2018charity begins at home!\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<h2>Gauri&#8217;s connection with WordPress<\/h2>\n<p>Along with Collaborating with crowdfunding website <a href=\"https:\/\/milaap.org\/fundraisers\/gauri-sawant\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milaap<\/a>, Gauri wanted to have her own online space for <a href=\"https:\/\/aajichaghar.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aajicha Ghar &#8211; \u0906\u091c\u0940\u091a\u0902 \u0918\u0930<\/a> which is built on <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a>, Gauri intends to raise funds through her website, towards providing a safe haven for the children. This could be their best shot at escaping the vicious circle their mothers have unfortunately been led to.<\/p>\n<p>Gauri wants to help other children born to sex-workers. With her shelter &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/aajichaghar.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aajicha Ghar &#8211; \u0906\u091c\u0940\u091a\u0902 \u0918\u0930<\/a>&#8216; she wants to make a home and a new future for vulnerable children. It is also to be a place of refuge for other trans workers who are vulnerable to violence.<\/p>\n<h2>Topic: WordPress and LGBT<\/h2>\n<p>At WordCamp Nashik Tai, will share her WordPress story, on How publishing the website <a href=\"https:\/\/aajichaghar.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aajicha Ghar &#8211; \u0906\u091c\u0940\u091a\u0902 \u0918\u0930<\/a> on WordPress, helped her to raise funds for the noble cause!<\/p>\n<p>Want to listen Gauri&#8217;s story, Make sure you book your seats <a href=\"https:\/\/2017.nashik.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, before they are sold out!<\/p>\n<p>See y&#8217;all at WordCamp Nashik!\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gauri Sawant; Society told her that she is not a woman; but she became a mother. They told her that she has no rights of her own, that she does not exist in the eyes of the law; yet, she took in an orphaned girl to protect her right to a happy childhood, so that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/lgbt-pride-on-wordpress-gauri-sawant\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;LGBT Pride on WordPress &#8211; Gauri Sawant&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10274337,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-speakers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8w9mA-uQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10274337"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1912"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1954,"href":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions\/1954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}