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It has been estimated that there are at least a million eunuchs in India. They are known as hijra, and make their livings as beggars, prostitutes and by removing "bad luck". ... Visitors to India can frequently see groups of gaudily dressed hijra outside large railway stations. They beg for money and, if you refuse,
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Eunuch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A eunuch (pronounced /ˈjuːnək/ ) is a castrated man, in particular one castrated early enough to have major hormonal consequences; the term usually refers to those castrated in order to perfor...
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Hijra (South Asia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the culture of South Asia, a hijra (Urdu: ہجڑا ,Hindi: हिजड़ा), is usually considered a member of "the third gender" — neither man nor woman. Most are physically male or intersex, but some are ph...
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India's eunuchs and transsexuals have won a long-running campaign to be listed as 'others', distinct from males and females, on electoral rolls and voter identity cards. ... fragMasterFlash, on 11/14/2009, -0/+15They still have Eunuchs in India? I thought they upgraded to Linux.
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Eunuchs in southern India are training as therapists and beauticians in a move to integrate them in a society which largely shuns them. ... In India, eunuchs often form close-knit and ostracised communities.
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Eunuchs in India 1 , Rani, an eunuch from Rajsthan, talks on her cellular phone during an Eunuch's conference in Khandwa, 250 kilometers (156 miles) from Bhopal, India, Monday Dec. 19, 2005. Hundreads of eunuchs from all over India are attending the ten-day conference where different issues related to the welfare of eunuchs ...
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www.aol.in/news/gallery/eunuchs-india-2009
www.aol.in/news/gallery/eunuchs-india-2009
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Eunuchs came to celebrate - and demand better treatment ... Eunuchs are known in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as hijras or "impotent ones". ... India stages Ms World for eunuchs ; 09 Mar 01 | Media reports...
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Hijras (Eunuchs) in India have virtually no safe spaces, not even in their families, where they are protected from prejudice and abuse. The recently released PUCL(K) Report on Human Rights Violations Against the Transgender Community has documented the kind of prejudice that hijras face in Bangalore.
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www.countercurrents.org/gen-narrain141003.htm
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The study reported that most eunuchs in India were the result of forced castration. The method adopted for the surgery is crude, unscientific, ... Susan Hema, an associate of the All-India Eunuchs' Welfare Association formed in 1993-94, said that the organisation aims at raising the lot of the hijras in the country.
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www.humanrightsdefence.org/eunuchs-of-india-deprived-of...
www.humanrightsdefence.org/eunuchs-of-india-deprived-of-human-rights.html
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