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Title: World's first matrimonial site for transsexuals
Post by: Butterfly on August 27, 2009, 07:57:59 AM
World's first matrimonial site for transsexuals
The Times of India
By Insiya Amir
27 August 2009


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Worlds-first-matrimonial-site-for-transsexuals/articleshow/4937887.cms (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Worlds-first-matrimonial-site-for-transsexuals/articleshow/4937887.cms)


In a country where the boundaries of sexual tolerance are shifting daily "especially after the Delhi HC has decriminalized homosexuality — there's a thin line between acceptability and discrimination as far as transgenders are concerned. Hijras supposedly have a sanctioned place in Indian society with more than 4,00 years of recorded history. But the estimated 2,00,000 members of the community face harassment.