| 1. Shreegauri Sawant leads the Sakhi Char Chowghi Trust. |
| 2. Gauri encountered childhood obstacles linked to her gender identity. |
| 3. At 17, she left home and joined LGBTQ groups. |
| 4. In 2008, Gauri welcomed Gayatri as her adopted daughter. |
| 5. She dedicated her efforts to transgender rights and necessities. |
| 6. Gauri is committed to animal welfare causes. |
| 7. Her story was showcased in the YouTube video 'Vicks- Generations of Care'. |
| 8. She founded the Sakhi Char Chowghi Trust in 2000 to promote safe sex and provide counselling to transgender people. |
| 9. She was a petitioner in the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) case in 2014, where the Supreme Court recognised transgender as the third gender. |
| 10. In 2014, she became the first transgender person to file a petition in the Supreme Court of India for adoption rights of transgender people. |
| 11. She served as the goodwill ambassador of the Election Commission in Maharashtra. |
| 12. Her mother died when she was seven years old, and she was raised by her grandmother. |
| 13. She left home at the age of 14 or 15 to avoid disappointing her father. |
| 14. She is the first transgender woman in India to adopt a child. |
| 15. At 17, she left home with Rs. 60 in her pocket and joined the Humsafar Trust, an LGBTQ+ organization. |
| 16. She founded the Sakhi Char Chowghi Trust in 2000 with Ashok Row Kavi and two others to promote safe sex and provide counselling to transgender people, hijras, and men who have sex with men. |
| 17. She defines herself as a 'mother without a uterus' and argues that motherhood is a behaviour, not confined to biological imperatives. |
| 18. The Sakhi Char Chowghi Trust operates with a team of approximately 150 workers in Mumbai suburbs. |
