1st Edition

Transgenders in India An Introduction

By Veerendra Mishra Copyright 2023
148 Pages
by Routledge India

148 Pages
by Routledge India

148 Pages
by Routledge India

This introductory volume studies the challenges faced by the transgender community in India. It traces the history of the representation of the community in Hindu texts to understand the evolution of their status within Indian society. The book looks at various themes such as the concept of establishing identity through the processes of 'coming out' and 'transitioning’ and analyses how race,... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

 

Chapter 1: Mapping the Identity: Historical perspective of Transgender persons

Chapter 2: Understanding Transgender persons

Chapter 3: Establishing Identity-'Coming out ' and 'transitioning’

Chapter 4: Living on the Extreme Margin: Social Exclusion & Discrimination of the Transgender persons

Chapter 5: Clan culture- Religion, Rituals and Emasculation

Chapter 6: Interventions required

Chapter 7: From Visibly invisible to Visibility: Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 and Rules 2020.

Chapter 8: Changing scenario-progressive stories

 

Index

 

Biography

Veerendra Mishra is an IPS (Indian Police Service) officer of the Madhya Pradesh Cadre, and currently posted at Police Headquarters, Bhopal, India. An international expert on the subject of human trafficking, he is founder of RACE Lab (Research, Advocacy and Capacity building against Exploitation lab), India’s first anti-human trafficking lab. He was Director, NISD (National Institute of Social Defence), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India.