Indian Jeweler Wins Praise for Transgender Ad

By John Jeffay / April 20, 2021 / www.idexonline.com / Article Link

(IDEX Online) - A ground-breaking jewelry ad that follows a young Indian boy as he transitions to a woman, with his family's support, has been widely praised.Milestones in her journey are accompanied by gifts of jewelry from the anklets and earrings she receives as a child to a joyous wedding ceremony.The one minute 40 second video, entitled Pure as Love, is a marked departure from traditional heterosexual wedding narratives.It was produced for Bhima Jewellers, a chain of 36 stores based in the southwestern state of Kerala, which said it wanted to "start a conversation".The video has attracted widespread praise online. One comment on Twitter reads: "Such sensitive and beautiful storytelling. This is truly a path breaking and progressive take on jewellery ads."Navya Suhas, online operations head at Bhima, told the Indian Express: "Usually, if you look at jewellery ads, they focus on the bride and happy marriage."Hence, we wanted to make something centred around a trans person and start a conversation, because if we don't start talking about it now, I don't think we ever will."Pic shows wedding scene from the ad

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