Some time ago, I took to Facebook and wrote about an encounter with a member of the Hijra community, and how, because I didn't have any change to offer, she (Ms Roy) told me she'd be happy if I could ...

The term "transgender" refers to a broad category of individuals whose gender identity or gender expression is different from their assigned sex at birth. Since they are not affected by sexual ...

Mymensingh (Bangladesh) (AFP) – Kicked out of other prayer services, members of Bangladesh's transgender hijra community have been welcomed at a new mosque in the Muslim-majority nation with the ...

6 Pack Band has put the stigmatized transgender community on the global creative map. But there’s a long way to go. India’s transgender (Hijra) community celebrated a win last week. Unlike the Supreme ...

Calling a husband a 'hijra' is an act of cruelty, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently observed while hearing a divorce case. The man said the woman used to say that sex should go on for at ...

A new mosque in Mymensingh has welcomed members of the hijra community, promising them worship without discrimination. The humble structure – a single-room shed with walls and a roof clad in tin – is ...

You must have seen masculine figures dressed in colourful, bright saris with heavy gold embellishments and shiny borders. They are everywhere-- at traffic signals, marriages, child births, trains ...