In the Indian subcontinent, hijra are transgender, intersex, or eunuch people who live in communities that follow a kinship system known as guru-chela...
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a 2016 album by George Hirsch HIJRA (Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid), an African organization Hijra (South Asia), a term for eunuchs, transgender...
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Hijra Farsi is a secret language spoken by South-Asian Hijra and Kothi (also Koti) communities. Hijras are a marginalized transgender community that lives...
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Bahuchara Mata (category Hijra (South Asia))
Subalternity: Reconsidering the Thirdness and Otherness of Hijras of Gujarat". South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal (28). doi:10.4000/samaj.7819...
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Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (category Hijra (South Asia) people)
(known as Laxmi, sometimes transliterated as Lakshmi) is a transgender/Hijra rights activist, bollywood actress, Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer...
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Neethu Vanajakshi (category Hijra (South Asia) people)
Neethu Vanajakshi (born 25 February 1993) is a trans woman from Karnataka. She was a contestant at the Big Boss Kannada season 10. She was eliminated from...
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Heera Mandi (category Hijra (South Asia))
till recent past, it remained a centre of prostitution in Lahore. Many Hijras, members of Pakistan's transgender community, frequent the area and are...
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5 Weddings (category Hijra (South Asia))
ceremonies. The film also deals with the community of transgender people called hijra who dance at these weddings. Rajkummar Rao as police officer Harbhajan Singh...
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A. Revathi (category Hijra (South Asia) people)
working for LGBT rights in India. She is a trans woman and member of the Hijra community. Revathi was born as Doraiswamy in Namakkal district in the Indian...
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Shabnam Mausi (category Hijra (South Asia) people)
(शबनम मौसी) ("Mausi" noun. Hindi - "Aunty") is an Indian politician and hijra activist. She became the first transgender person to be elected to public...
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