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New Delhi's 'eunuchs' forge lives in conservative nation

Started by Butterfly, November 16, 2009, 09:18:35 PM

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November 16, 2009, 09:18:35 PM
New Delhi's 'eunuchs' forge lives in conservative nation
Intersex News
By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN
November 15, 2009 7:46 a.m. EST


http://intersexnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-delhis-eunuchs-forge-lives-in.html


New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Dotting a crammed neighborhood in the Indian capital are homes that can be easily located without addresses.


Say "hijras," and residents and shop owners at New Delhi's Beri Wala Bagh will give quick directions to houses where India's so-called third gender -- intersex people and eunuchs -- live together in well-kept homes intermingled with businesses and temples.
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