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Identity without community
An Indian trans man movingly describes some of the multiplicity of gender identities in South Asia, and the difficulties of falling outside a “traditional” identity with a structured community: I...
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Sex talk and Indian classes
say it, girl, or whatever Now that Section 377 is in the dustbin, Indian college campuses are hearing a chorus of voices speaking out about sexuality — a “silent revolution,” says this account, and one...
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Trans progress alerts
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi This season of Bigg Boss, India’s answer to Big Brother, features celebrated hijra activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi. This isn’t a first for the show, which even in its first...
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Tragedy on Trans Day of Remembrance in India
A hijra walks through the debris from the disastrous fire (Kevin Frayer/AP) It’s appalling that a day dedicated to the memory of victims of prejudice should be marked by more deaths, victims of...
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For castrating male officers of India’s police
a new look for New Delhi's Finest “Were you violating that young girl?” Officer Slater demands in Superbad. “Were you violating her with your penis?” An important question, and one which –given the...
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Buggery and beggary, and Ferguson
Hijras in Bangalore. Photo by Johanan Ottensooser, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/oatsandsugar/6723701709/ On November 26 and in the days before, police in Bangalore, India, rounded up more than 150...
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