Great art has been done by trans women in Bengaluru. While heading to Swami Vivekananda metro station in Bengaluru, passengers can’t miss a wall painted in a swathe of vibrant colours. By looking closer one can find a variety of characters on this mural – nurses, doctors, delivery personnel, police officials, ambulance drivers, pourakarmikas, auto drivers. All of them are shown wearing a mask, and all of them are at work. This mural, painted by trans women associated with the Aravani Project under an initiative by radio station 95 Mirchi, is a testament to their services.
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The mural is a recognition and acknowledgement of ‘Lions of COVID’ and was inaugurated on Friday in the presence Bengaluru police commissioner Kamal Pant, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner Manjunath Prasad, member of Parliament from BJP PC Mohan, Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited MD, Ajay Seth, and Sandalwood actor Samyukta Hornad. Conceptualized by the team at 95 Mirchi, ‘Lions of COVID’ is a way of saying thanks to frontline workers, said RJ Jimmy.
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“LoC stands for Line of Control, and the frontline workers are the line of control between us and the COVID-19 pandemic… hence we turned LoC to stand for Lions of COVID,” he says. The mural was painted by 10 trans women associated with the Aravani Art Project, an art collective of women and trans women which involves the public and wall art to raise awareness and friendship between trans women and public spaces as well as create safe spaces for alternative voices.
