The Third Gender of India

Portrait of Aswini and Anjali.
Awini.(back ground)
Aswini was the youngest male in the family and had turned to the Hijra community at the age of !6,she was abused and ostracized by her family because of her identity as a trans, as a result she fled to Mumbai, where she was initiated into the cult through a guru having submitted herself to surgery.
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India

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Image Size: 2037x1328 / 2.4MB; Transgender Trans Gender transitioning Chennai Eunuchs LGBTQ transgender Eunuch Hijra. Community intersex people Aravani Aruvani Jogappa Kinnar or Kinner (derogatory ) Chhakka Portrait
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Portrait of Aswini and Anjali.<br />
Awini.(back ground)<br />
Aswini was the youngest male in the family and had turned to the Hijra community at the age of !6,she was abused and ostracized by her family because of her identity as a trans, as a result she fled to Mumbai, where she was initiated into the cult through a guru having submitted herself to surgery.<br />
, Koovagam, Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu, India