parishad bhopal the latter initiative saw her and other members of the transgender community visit 15 villages to spread awareness about cleanliness and hygiene in 2012 a chennaibased company asked her to research the various health problems faced by the transgender community we spoke to one thousand trans women in the state and then in the second phase of the program help them fight their health issues through various solutions says sanjanaeven though the country has progressed a lot and the year 2018 even saw the government strike down the archaic section 377 of the indian constitution sanjana says theres a long way to go before the country accepts the lgbtq community however she says optimistically over the years i have realised that at every step one will come across good and bad people and situations but i always had this in my mind that i want to be a part of the change like gandhi ji had said be the change you want to see in the world