Sanjeeva Vandse is 45-year-old HIV-positive transgender activist and entrepreneur.

This month, Vandse launched Asare Fast Food in the city of Udupi on India’s west coast. It will be run by at least one transgender Indian and some profits will go to feeding and educating local children living with HIV.

‘It has been a long and difficult journey towards opening the fast food joint’ Vandse told the Bangalore Mirror. ‘I ran from pillar to post to make this happen’.

The activist pushed the Deputy Commissioner’s Office to make a special exception after authorities only granted permission for a joint in a quiet part of town. Vandse took out a $1,400 loan and also received nearly $300 from the Department of Women and Child Welfare. Read more via Gay Star News