Hijras of India (see posted description of video)

[twentymale]

Hi there. I'm doing a research on Hijras for an essay due on the 15th. You mentioned in your write up that you found some extensive research and information on the hijra community. I would appreciate it if you could either post me a link or email it to me, whichever of the two you prefer. This is a matter of urgency as I have very few days left and need to write as much as possible.

Thank you!

[mixrj]

Admiro cada vez mais a cultura hindu. 

[musabani]

Hijras consists of hermaphrodite, eunuch, intersexed and effiminate males. We should respect their gender identity. They should be recognised as human beings and given all the social and political benefits.

[sfkcbf]

28 Feb., 2010:

I just added more detailed information in the above INFO section about this video.

[queerforyou]

@sfkcbf

wie nennt man weibliche hijras ?

[redraz09]

The last one was cute..lol

[yogeshwardixit]

I could not get why some Hindu gods are shown in this clipping.

[Naresh28980]

We have a small boy in our colony and is quite obvious that he is Gay or Feminine.A guy who is very inteliigent and smart. This is not a disease. Please don`t diacriminate it. Just accept it.

[sfkcbf]

The Eastern World has for a very long time understood and (for the most part) accepted gender variations. The Western World (even the medical community, late 1970s) timidly began to admit and to accept gender variations. Unfortunately and especially in America and also in other highly religeous cultures, many "good people of faith" do not understand and even despise anyone whom they view to be different. The world could use far more love and acceptance.

[sam33ruk]

why dont they see a doctor??

[kiransimon15]

why don't you see a doc ;)

[princessadiamond]

i am a hijra, alot of us just dont know the power we possesse given to us by god. mediators or both sex someone who falls between both male and female and are able to understand and think like both. hijras the most blessed ones of god.

[Jenfucius]

@princessadiamond

Do Hijras have a patron diety?

[imrind]

@princessadiamond

i dont think so...

[RAMJANKI]

I LIKE THIS. AND WANT TO BE A HIJRA

[sfkcbf]

With very few exceptions, it is not an easy life. Because of Western influences over many years (religeon, laws, culture), along with typical human nature to fear what is not understood, there is much discrimination against Hijra. There also is too much poverty and disease. People must understand that gender and gender identification are multifaceted, not a binary system of 100% male or 100% female.

[redraz09]

true

[anjalaidevidevi]

its sad to look at people like this ...they are born male but feel themselves as women...many end up working as sex slaves ....because of society descrimination ...people like this should be acceplted as how they are .....love for all hijras ...

[sfkcbf]

My having worked many years as a therapist, I am sad to realize that the medical profession in the West has been very slow to rid itself of the mistaken belief that all people fit into a binary sexual-orientation reality. I now realize that gender is very fluid and covers a wide scale, physiologically as well as intellectually and emotionally. There is, however, still much hate and ignorance in the world.

[irelandhot]

i dont get it...rnt they trannies...so ur sayin they r men acting like women...???

[sbasu03]

you're right man!

[seascout]

hijras are NOT hermaphrodites, rather, they're male gender variants from india who who dress, act, adopt, and live the Indian feminine experience; they undergo an asexualization ('emasculation') process wherein their genitals are removed in order to legitimize themselves as "true hijras."

[james3d]

Beautiful! Well done.

[Jherberg11]

This is the best video. the colors are so vivid.

I would like to know more about the Hijas.

[armanijared]

hijras*

they're hermaphrodites.

[FloriaTosca85]

Lovely images and autentic Indian music. A wonderful, interesting incursion into a quite unapproachable culture for a European like myself. Thanks for sharing!