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Tough love no more

Out and proud transpersons and gender non-conformists say finding company on generic dating apps is no longer hard

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Illustrations/Ravi Jadhav

Illustrations/Ravi Jadhav

Naina, 25, is in dating heaven. The assistant restaurant manager met her partner of one year on OkCupid last October. That Naina is a gender non-conformist - she is a woman, but doesn't want to conform to either male or female gender roles - didn't seem to be a problem for her partner.

She answered a detailed questionnaire on the dating site - as many questions as she could from close to 1,000 queries put to her - to find the perfect match. The questions ranged from how kinky she was, to her political opinions, to what her ideal home would look like. "They also have an option that says 'don't let me be seen by straight people'. So you can customise your search. Lameeya was a fan of Harry Potter. I started with a Potter pick-up line, and that's how we clicked," she laughs.

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