In Western terms, most hijras are feminine-identifying people assigned male at birth. Hijras are officially recognised as a third gender throughout countries in the Indian subcontinent, [10][11][12] being considered neither completely male nor female.

The Hijrah[a], (Arabic: الهجرة, romanized: al-Hijrah, lit. 'migration') also Hegira (from Medieval Latin), was the journey the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers took from Mecca to Medina. [3][4] The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the epoch of the Lunar Hijri [b] and Solar Hijri calendars; its date equates to 1...

While the third gender includes a few different groups in South Asia, the most common are the hijras. 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 Hindu goddess Bahuchara Mata. Other hijras are born intersex.

2017年1月1日 · India’s trans women community, or Hijra, has been a part of the subcontinent for about as long as civilization has. Read all about them here.

Hijrah, the Prophet Muhammad’s migration along with the early Muslim community from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE in order to escape persecution.

2017年7月20日 · Heena, 51, is a hijra: a term, according to Bangladeshi photographer Shahria Sharmin, that has “no exact match in the modern western taxonomy of gender”. Heena (51): “I feel like a mermaid. My...

In south Asian countries including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the Hijra are people who were assigned male at birth and who have a feminine gender expression. This is a very ancient tradition of a nonbinary gender role (often called "third gender"). The Hijra in India alone may number as many as 2,000,000. Legal Recognition [edit | edit ...

In India, a third gender identity known as hijra has been intertwined with Indian culture for thousands of years, with hijras holding a prominent place in some of the most significant ancient Hindu texts.

Hijra is a culture-specific identity found in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal. It is often cited as a separate identity from man and woman, and also separate from the concept of transgender.

Hijra (also spelled hijira, hijara, hijrah) is a term used to describe transgender people, intersex, asexual individuals, and/or eunuchs (castrated men) in South Asia, particularly, in countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal.