Aravani Girl - 53 minute documentary - trailer

Watch the full film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLosKofGM2A&feature=plcp&context=C382c...

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Sixteen year old Palani and Karthik want to become ladyboys: they're bullied in school and beaten by their families. Their parents frantically try to arrange marriages for them, but they're falling deeper and deeper into the world of the Aravani dance troupe. Loved as performers, but hated as homosexuals, their story emblazons the inner conflicts of India's gender culture today.

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[dackjaniels555]

4:30 WTF, That's what intolerance to homosexuality leads to.

They couldn't be Gay with out going to jail so they get castrated...

These young people need support, Badly.

Surgery should be the last thing on their mind, I understand the LGBT community and that for some people making the transition is the only way they can be happy with themselves, But the culture is pushing boys into what I see as harming themselves.

[InfectiousLaugh]

Shocking.

[olimac909]

Beautiful

[pizarovic]

เขาผ่าตั้งแต่อายุแค่นี้เอง

[sano16sun]

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[catsrgreatpeople]

So, in that sense, its probably best not to judge too quickly from a 5 min ad for what looks like a really interesting film. You would most likely be fascinated by the truth of traditions of same-sex love in many discrete parts of Indias religious life. But remember, most of the Aravanis are not eunechs. Most are intact men, who see their sexuality as an extension of the religious calling of being an Aravani, Jogappa, etc... They see their divine prototypes in gods who dress in drag.

[catsrgreatpeople]

On the contrary, the religious traditions of the Aravanis, the Jogappas, the feast of Chamaya Villakku etc... have provided people we would describe as LGBT with a very dignified position in many parts of India. Aravanis' are not so called because they are castrated (again, most are not, just like most drag-queens arent full post-op transexuals), they are called that because they are protected by the God Aravan, who is married to the male god Vishnu, in his transgender form as Mohini.

[catsrgreatpeople]

@dackjaniels555 Hi dj, as an openly gay Hindu, I totally understand where you are coming from. But I think there might be some misunderstanding here. Most Aravanis, Jogappas etc... do not get the "operation"- only those who completely want that transformation engage in it, just as many in the West do (albeit with safer, cleaner means.) This is generally a decision made after much thought & reflection. But "post-op" hijras do not represent the bulk of Aravanis.

[adves87]

i dont understand how u can just chop off the organs. what does it look like after that? how can they have sex later? what about the breasts, if they are poor how do they operate the breasts.. im confused!

[cdsnutsfull]

PWNS dude thats a boy, or hell I don't know.

[Zot64]

People will say anything to justify themselves. Eliminate the problem and there is no more problem. If there is a doubt then there is no doubt.