This blog post aims to shed light on the journey of becoming a hijra, providing insights into their cultural background, self-identification, initiation rituals, and the challenges they face. Cultural …

In the Indian subcontinent, hijra[a] are transgender, intersex, or eunuch people who live in communities that follow a kinship system known as the guru-chela system. [5][6][7][8] They …

However, no person with an intersex variation can become a hijra without the patronage of a hijra guru. Therefore, one of the crucial elements of rising in rank is achieving an ideal castrated …

Apr 18, 2014 · Abhina Aher was born a boy biologically and is now a hijra, a member of an ancient transgender community in India. Of her painful physical and psychological …

Hijras are often born male but look and dress in traditionally feminine ways. Many, but not all, choose to undergo a castration ceremony, removing their male genitalia as an offering to …

Jul 6, 2016 · Only 1 percent of eunuchs are born so, while the rest either pretend to be hijras (eunuch) or have been forced to join the community by abduction and castration, reveals a …

Apr 18, 2022 · Being an hijra means joining an organization with differing levels of hierarchies which intereact with one another. The goal of midranking hijras is to recruit as many chelas as …

May 13, 2014 · Being hijra, would rather be an open space that allows one to be gender variant. This also allows choosing between alterations of the bodies hormonally or surgically, or both, …

Nov 20, 2008 · The basis of being a Hijra depends on the emasculation of the male, or becoming impotent. Since being a Hijra is comparable feelings wise to being a ‘woman’, meaning that …

Sep 26, 2019 · To identify as a hijra, as opposed to a transgender or other third gender person, an individual must be ritually adopted into the community in a process that can take months to …