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The past ten years have been extremely significant for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) Community; as a result of global acts of bravery and unification, the community has grown stronger and attracted a lot of support. The health equity research in India has revealed that the LGBTQ community is among the twelve marginalized groups with minimal representation, their discrimination and traumatic experiences directly contribute to certain correlates which affect their wellbeing and self-image (Self-consciousness).The main focus of the present study is the exploration of self-consciousness and emotional well-being among transgenders. In the LGBT community, the factors of self-consciousness like private self-consciousness, public self-consciousness and social anxiety as well as the factors related to emotional well-being (i.e. mental health, happiness, emotional resilience) are the main focus for their survival. Moreover, the trauma enforced upon them is so profound that it barely allows them to thrive and flourish, thus the need to explore the underlying causes behind it seems palpable. In this pursuit the proposed study is expected to uncover the aspects of their self-consciousness and emotional well-being, thereby, providing them with an opportunity to tap into their real self and experience the essence of bliss in their life.