Translucent Citizenship: Khwaja Sira Activism and Alternatives to Dissent in Pakistan

Khan, Faris A.

doi:10.4000/samaj.5034

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“…One of the most well-known and widely recognized examples of people who identify as a third gender are the hijras in India (Nanda, 1998). Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest and debate over the hijras as a third gender in the public sphere across South Asia, with countries including India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh all recognizing a third gender in their own legal systems (Dutta, 2014;F. A. Khan, 2014;Knight et al, 2015;Sifat & Shafi, 2021).…”

Section: Hijra's Bodies and Their Gender Troublementioning

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From Colonial Castaways to Current Tribulation: Tragedy of Indian Hijra

Singh

2022

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This article analyses the current human rights situation of hijras (eunuchs) in India against the background of Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) in 1871. This article argues that British colonial construct/imposition of masculinity on Indian hijras by classifying them as ‘criminal tribes’ have adversely impacted their lives not only in British India, but also in Contemporary India. To support main argument, article also contextualizes gender theories in the light of hijra’s bodies.

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Section: Hijra's Bodies and Their Gender Troublementioning

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From Colonial Castaways to Current Tribulation: Tragedy of Indian Hijra

Singh

2022

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“…Yet, a person's response to the distress of stigmatization and marginalization is greatly influenced by the cultural values and traditions in which the individual is embedded. That is, culture defines acceptable vs. objectionable sociosexual roles and therefore plays a critical role in the way men and women describe, interpret, and ascribe meaning to their specific status [26,[44][45][46][47][48].…”

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The Critical Role of Coping Strategies in Moderating Loneliness and Quality of Life: Parallel and Unique Processes among Transgender and Heterosexual Cisgender People in Pakistan

Batool

Rowland

2021

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Groups marginalized and/or isolated by minority status—including transgender individuals—are at significant risk for loneliness and diminished quality of life (QoL), effects that can be mitigated to some extent by coping styles. In this study, we examined the relationships among coping styles, loneliness, and QoL outcomes in a marginalized but understudied gender minority group, namely, 200 transgender individuals living in communities in an emerging/developing non-Western geo-cultural region of South-Central Asia (Pakistan), comparing them against a reference group of 100 heterosexual cisgender individuals. Results indicated strong relationships among coping styles, loneliness, and QoL in both transgender and cisgender groups. Moderating variable analysis revealed that coping skills—whether adaptive or maladaptive—help explain differences in loneliness and QoL not only between trans- and cis- gender individuals, but also within just the transgender group. The implications of these findings for intervention strategies to improve QoL among transgender populations are discussed, with reference to both the specific context within Pakistan and the larger context of transgender marginalization within many developing/emerging countries.

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“…It is unconcerned with where queerness is expected to reside. Similarly, the works of Rushaan Kumar (2019), Faris Khan (2019), and Nishant Upadhyay (2020) problematise the universalising rhetorics surrounding transgender and gender-nonconforming folks in the context of the Global South. The terms are inadequate to capture the specificity and localised realities of gender-expansive people and communities across South Asia.…”

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