India: From the shadows
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/From_the_shadows/articleshow/2947886.cms4/13/2008
"You spot them at traffic signals, wearing makeup, brightly coloured
sarees and flowers in their hair, mocking and demanding a few bucks.
Their visibility has been limited to this and some social occasions
where they, again, turn up to ask for money. A misunderstood community
suffering from social stigma, the third sex in India has for long been
kept out of the mainstream."