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Transgender women are finding some respect in India, but a traditional gender-nonconforming group – hijras – remains stigmatized

  • Written by Liz Mount, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Flagler College
Transgender women are finding some respect in India, but a traditional gender-nonconforming group – hijras – remains stigmatizedMembers of the Association of Transgender and Hijra at Bengal light a lamp to mark Transgender Day of Bengal in Kolkata, India, in 2017.AP Photo/Bikas Das

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