CHENNAI: Applauding the achievement of N Jency, a transwoman appointed as an assistant professor in Loyola College, Chief Minister M K Stalin said Jancy’s hard work should serve as a beacon for several hundred others striving to the shore through education.

“Education must triumph over discrimination and barriers,” said the CM in his post on X, to acknowledge the feat achieved by Jency. She was the first transwoman to pursue PhD research in Loyola College’s department of English.

She was accepted for the PhD three years ago. After Jency completed her PhD research, she was appointed as an assistant professor in the same department.

Earlier, she worked as part-time teaching faculty in Dr Ambedkar Arts College in Vyasarpadi. She hails from Tiruttani.