Tashi Choedup is currently the national coordinator (India) at the Foundation for Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). Tashi is a trans-feminine Buddhist monastic (nunk) with 14 years of experience in human rights and community work. They are a member of the Telangana State Government's Welfare Board for Transgender Persons. They are an executive committee member at the Anveshi Research Centre for Women's Studies and a core group member of the National Ecumenical Forum For Gender and Sexual Minorities (NEFGSM) at the National Council of Churches of India. Tashi also engages with queer folks as a peer counselor. They are one of the founding members of Telangana Hijra Intersex Transgender Samiti and Queer Swabhimana Yatra. They are a student of Buddhist philosophy and psychology. Their primary areas of interest are community building, faith, religion, mental health, and queer rights.