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Hijra means A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman..
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/ˈhiːd͡ʒɹə/ · noun
A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman..
When the Mughal court was disbanded, Muslim hijras were exposed for the first time to the other, Hindu, tradition of eunuchry.
The subjects of this study are hijras or the "third sex" of India, individuals who occupy a unique, liminal space between male and female, sacred and profane.
Even more surprisingly, there are female hijras, women who were born women, who are drawn into the gharanas by the attraction and apparent safety of the hierarchies' substitute for family life.
While videographers were shooting him as he sat on the floor among a group of male and female sex workers, two transgender (male-to-female) hijras came to sit next to him, one on either side.
Nanda profiles […] an uncastrated hijra who is married to a man and has an adopted son; and a hermaphrodite hijra […]
Hijrah means Moving from a land of Shirk to a land of Islaam.
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Hijra means A eunuch in South Asia, especially one who dresses as a woman..
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When the Mughal court was disbanded, Muslim hijras were exposed for the first time to the other, Hindu, tradition of eunuchry.
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