Silences and Voices of transpersons or Transgenders of India: A Historical Analysis


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Transgender, Life-writings, Marginalization, AndrogynyAbstract
Despite the high status given to transgender community in India in age old times, with the coming of British rule, their condition started worsening. They were silenced for decades. From the struggles they are facing since British rule, they have reached too far. Yet they have not achieved their full freedom. However, some of them tried to fight against the injustice they are facing and they took different steps for their struggle. This paper attempts to highlight the status oftransgenders since age old times and also how they try to create a space of their own through various mediums like law, literature etc and their achievements too far.
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