Gopi Shankar

Gopi Shankar Madurai is an Indian activist and Indigenist. They are among the youngest people, and the first openly intersex and genderqueer person, to serve on a statutory body in India. In 2016, they were a candidate in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. They founded the Srishti Madurai. In January 2026, Shankar was appointed as the Special Monitor for SOGIESC rights in the National Human Rights Commission of India.