Pramanik, A study on problems of
Hijras in West Bengal based on neutrosophic cognitive maps.
Visiting
hijra's community, Page and Daniel explore
hijras' daily struggles mirroring their double marginalizations from both India's mainstream society and LGBTQ community.
On the lighter side, Hero also touched on such subjects like '
hijras' (transgender people or the third gender).
The book dodges the trap of turning a whole country into a self-growth tool, though it is clumsy with some details -- as when
hijras, India's officially recognized third gender, are described as "eunuchs." Still, the book carries a rare awareness, epitomized by the profound moment in which Moes realizes that her enchantment with Tibetan life is in part due to the fact that she can return home at any time.
In olden days,
Hijras were used to work as women servant apart from performing on weddings and occasions.
os "
hijras" da India que praticam a "emasculacao artesanal", como uma forma religiosa de culto a uma temivel deusa mae.
"Go suck your husband's sugarcane!":
Hijras and the use of sexual insult.
Problems faced by
Hijras (male to female transgenders) in Mumbai with reference to their health and harassment by the police.
Dr Ishwar Gilada, President of Aids Society of India and consultant in HIV/STD He was the first medical professional to do a dissertation for his postgraduate studies on the Pattern of Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) among
Hijras (intersex people).
Many "
hijras"--a social category that includes transvestites, transsexuals and eunuchs--are attacked, murdered, raped or forced to work as sex workers, dancers, or beggars in Pakistan, as well as other South Asian nations such as India and Bangladesh
The British, before the partition in 1947, viewed the community, often referred to as
hijras, as a menace to public decency and morality, attempting to criminalise their begging and even classifying the group as a 'criminal tribe' in 1871.
Jain reveals the plight of the
Hijras, transgender people, in India, devoting her article to the contradictions that bind their lives.