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{{Short description|First transgender journalist from Kerala, India}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Heidi Saadiya
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| birth_place = [[Chavakkad]], [[Guruvayoor]], India
| education = [[Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram#Institute of Journalism|Institute of Journalism]]
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| occupation = Journalist
| credits = [[Kairali TV]]
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'''Heidi Saadiya''' is a journalist, [[transgender rights activist]] and a [[YouTuber]].<ref>{{cite news |date=Aug 9, 2022|title=2016ലാണ് ഞാന്‍ സര്‍ജറി ചെയ്തതെന്ന് ഹെയ്ദി സാദിയ! അന്നത്തേക്കാളും അഡ്വാന്‍സായിട്ടുള്ള സൗകര്യങ്ങള്‍ ഇന്നുണ്ട്! എല്ലാം തുറന്നുപറഞ്ഞതിന് നിങ്ങളോട് ബഹുമാനം തോന്നുന്നുവെന്ന കമന്റ്! വീഡിയോ വൈറല്‍|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/tv/celebrity-news/heidi-saadiya-shared-a-new-video-about-transition-journey-of-transwomen/articleshow/93456336.cms|work= Samayam News|language=ml|access-date=11 August 2022}}</ref> She is known for being [[Kerala]]'s first transgender national television newsreader on [[Kairali TV]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Press Trust of India |date=3 September 2019|title=Kerala gets its first transperson broadcast journalist |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/kerala-gets-its-first-transperson-broadcast-journalist-758803.html |work= [[Deccan Herald]]|location= |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref><ref name = IndianExpress>{{cite news|author=MS Vidyanandan |date=26 July 2019|title=Heidi Saadiya is born to win |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/2018/jul/26/heidi-saadiya-is-born-to-win-1849063.html|work= [[New Indian Express]]|location=Thiruvananthapuram |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Vishnu Varma|date=September 3, 2019|title=Meet Heidi Saadiya, Kerala's first transwoman TV journalist|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/meet-heidi-saadiya-keralas-first-transwoman-tv-journalist-5963010/|work= [[New Indian Express]]|location=Tiruvananthapuram|access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref> Saadiya is the first [[trans woman]] journalism student in the state.<ref>{{cite news |author=TNN|date=Jul 26, 2018|title=They welcomed her with open arms|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/they-welcomed-her-with-open-arms/articleshow/65155572.cms|work= [[Times of India]]|location=Tiruvananthapuram|access-date=11 August 2022}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Saadiya was born into an orthodox [[Muslims|Muslim]] family at [[Chavakkad]] in [[Thrissur district]] of Kerala and she grew up in [[Ponnani]], [[Malappuram]].<ref name = IndianExpress/> At the age of ten, she realised that her sexual identity. She told [[The News Minute]] that "''I had a condition called [[gynecomastia]]"''. She was disowned by her family who rejected her gender identity, at the age of 18. She left her home, and has not been in contact with her family since then.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|author=Shiba Kurian|date=September 2, 2019|title=Trans woman journalist Heidi Saadiya makes debut as TV news reporter in Kerala|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/node/108257|work=[[The News Minute]]|access-date=9 August 2022|archive-date=23 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123170218/https://www.thenewsminute.com/node/108257|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Career ==
Saadiya started her career as a trainee journalist on Kairali TV in August 2019.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> On 2 September 2019 her first live broadcast was about the Chandrayaan-2 moon lander.<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet Heidi Saadiya, Kerala's first transwoman journalist|url=https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/meet-heidi-saadiya-keralas-first-transwoman-journalist-133888.html|work= [[Femina (India)|Femina]]|access-date=11 August 2022}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
In 2019, Saadiya began a romantic relationship with Atharv and he proposed marriage.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |author=Unnikrishnan S|date=23 August 2019 |title=Wedding bells ring for Kerala transgender pair|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/aug/23/wedding-bells-ring-for-kerala-transgender-pair-2022904.html|work= [[New Indian Express]]|location=Tiruvananthapuram|access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref> On 26 January 2020, Saadiya married Atharv at TDM Hall in [[Ernakulam]] on the 71st [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] under the [[Special Marriage Act, 1954|Special Marriage Act]]. The wedding was jointly organised by Sri Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust and Ernakulam NSS Karayogam.<ref>{{cite news |author=ANI|date=26 January 2020|title=Kerala Transgender Journalist Marries In Ernakulum On Republic Day|url=https://www.ndtv.com/kerala-news/kerala-transgender-journalist-heidi-saadia-marries-in-ernakulum-on-republic-day-2170042|work= [[New Indian Express]]|location=Ernakulum|access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>

In July 2022, Saadiya declared that the couple had divorced through her official YouTube channel.<ref>{{cite news |author=Aswini P|date=Jul 27, 2022|title=അതെ ഞങ്ങള്‍ കുറച്ച് കാലങ്ങളായി വേര്‍പിരിഞ്ഞാണ് താമസിയ്ക്കുന്നത്, പക്ഷെ വിവാഹ മോചിതരായിട്ടില്ല എന്ന് ഹെയ്ദി സാദിയ, വേര്‍പിരിയാനുണ്ടായ കാരണം എന്താണെന്ന് ചോദിച്ചപ്പോള്‍ ഹെയ്ദിയുടെ മറുപടി?|language =ml|url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/tv/celebrity-news/heidi-saadiya-about-her-separation-from-atharv/articleshow/93155330.cms|work= Samayam News|location=Ernakulum|access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>

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