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- noun Alternative capitalization of
Hijra - noun A member of a
third gender found in India and Pakistan.
Etymologies
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i had taken my american friend dr losack md the furious physician, but the building was being repaired and my friend hijra guru zeenath was not around..hijra gully no 1 visit it once before you close your eyes..
Archive 2009-10-01 photographerno1 2009
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Becoming a hijra is a process of socialization into a “hijra family” through a relationship characterised as chela “student” to guru “teacher”, leading to a gradual assumption of femininity.
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Becoming a hijra is a process of socialization into a “hijra family” through a relationship characterised as chela “student” to guru “teacher”, leading to a gradual assumption of femininity.
Homing in on the Hijda « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006
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Becoming a hijra is a process of socialization into a “hijra family” through a relationship characterised as chela “student” to guru “teacher”, leading to a gradual assumption of femininity.
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Becoming a hijra is a process of socialization into a “hijra family” through a relationship characterised as chela “student” to guru “teacher”, leading to a gradual assumption of femininity.
2006 October 14 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2006
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The word hijra combines a range of sexual identities -- gay crossdressers, hermaphradites -- who identify as female, and male-to-female transgendered individuals.
Sanjeev Bery: Lack of Coverage on Transgendered Pakistanis Shows Bias in US Media 2009
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The word hijra is an Urdu word meaning eunuch or hermaphrodite.
The Hijra Subculture: India's Transvestites Shantanud 2008
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(This migration, known in Islam as the hijra, is considered to mark the birth of an independent Islamic community, and 622 is thus the first year of the Islamic calendar.)
What Is the Koran? 1999
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(This migration, known in Islam as the hijra, is considered to mark the birth of an independent Islamic community, and 622 is thus the first year of the Islamic calendar.)
What Is the Koran? 1999
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If it is a hijra, which is extremely rare, then they would go to any length to recruit him/her in their group.
john commented on the word hijra
“Outside the hall where the Naz Foundation news conference was held, dozens of young men and women gathered to celebrate, along with a group of hijras, men who dress and act like women who classify themselves as belonging to neither gender.”
The New York Times, Indian Court Overturns Gay Sex Ban, by Heather Timmons and Hari Kumar, July 2, 2009
July 2, 2009
madmouth commented on the word hijra
there's something transfixing in the phrase gay sex ban. it's just...*eye bulge*
July 3, 2009