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Title: India's 'third sex'
Post by: Shana A on May 06, 2010, 08:17:12 AM
Post by: Shana A on May 06, 2010, 08:17:12 AM
India's 'third sex'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2010/05/100505_outlook_hijra.shtml (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2010/05/100505_outlook_hijra.shtml)
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is one of the highest profile members of India's so-called 'third sex' community - a transgender section of Indian society also known as 'hijras'.
This flamboyant 31-year-old classes herself as neither man nor woman, despite being born male.
She makes a living running dance academies, but has also spoken at the United Nations and has addressed conferences around the world on the rights of Indian 'hijras'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2010/05/100505_outlook_hijra.shtml (http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2010/05/100505_outlook_hijra.shtml)
Laxmi Narayan Tripathi is one of the highest profile members of India's so-called 'third sex' community - a transgender section of Indian society also known as 'hijras'.
This flamboyant 31-year-old classes herself as neither man nor woman, despite being born male.
She makes a living running dance academies, but has also spoken at the United Nations and has addressed conferences around the world on the rights of Indian 'hijras'.