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Nine transgenders of a school in Odisha's Bhadrak district have cleared the Odisha class 10 board examination.

The nine transgenders including two lesbian students of Sarojini Sanskruta Vidyalaya in Boualpokhari, Charmpa under Bhadrak Municipality cleared the Class 10 exams, the results of which were announced on Friday, defying social odds and stigma to emerge victorious, said the headmaster of the school, Malayranjan Panda.

The success of - Riya Sahi, Jitu Swain, Jadunatha Hansda, Sanjana Samal, Sasmita Bindhani, Ashirbad Sahoo, Rajkishor Das, Sima Tangur and Sandhya Champia - was not just academic, it marked a moment of persona...