Transgender model and rights activist, Kami Sid, has been accused of rape, sexual misconduct and of threatening people to conceal facts about sexual harassment by her.
It all started with a social media post by a user Minahil Baloch, in which she asked people not to support 'rapists even if they make it to Cannes 2019'. She added, "Rapists don't belong to any cis-gender. Rape knows no gender".
Kami, on the other hand, has been celebrating the success of her short-film ‘Rani’ making to Cannes this year. Although no names were taken in the Minahil's social media post, she later shared screenshots of her conversation with Kami, in which the model is threatening her for defaming her through the post on social media.
“My post has nothing to with her and her making it up to Cannes. It’s not the first time she is threatening anyone, I’m making this public and if anything happens to me I want everyone to know it’s Kami Sid,” Minahil posted on Twitter.
With a heavy heart, I'm writing this, that i am being threatened by trans model kami sid for making a post about something where i haven't named anyone, while the community is marginalized itself, everyone should be held accountable for their actions regardless of their gender. pic.twitter.com/rb1FXzH4oV
— anita/minahil (@surkhminahil) 22 May 2019
Supporting Minahil, few other people accused Kami of rape and sexual harassment. An activist, Shumaila Hussain Shahani, reached out from Kami's circle and posted some details about the rape allegations. She revealed that Kami and her boyfriend had been accused in the past of raping another teenage transwoman, who passed away few months ago.
"Since this information came out of the trans community and reached feminist circles, Kami has been threatening everyone into silence. The purpose of this post is just to inform Kami Sid that things that are public knowledge will be talked about and defamation does not apply here," she wrote.
This is to inform everyone that Kami has been threatening people whoever speak of the fact that she had been accused of rape by a transwoman. The transwoman who accused Kami/her boyfriend Sid of rape was 18/19 when she died few months ago (FIR nominates victim's bf for murder)
— Shumaila H. Shahani (@ShahaniSays) 22 May 2019
Since this information came out of the trans community and reached feminist circles Kami has been threatening everyone into silence. The purpose of this post is just to inform Kami Sid that things that are public knowledge will be talked about and defamation does not apply here.
— Shumaila H. Shahani (@ShahaniSays) 22 May 2019