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  • Two hijras dressed, members of India's third gender, in colorful traditional clothing and jewelry, smiling at the Pushkar Camel Fair in India.
    hijra

    …India, for members of a third-gender community that is often described as neither male nor female. The hijra identity is often compared to transgender identity, and the two have some similarities; however, the terms are not interchangeable—some hijras may identify as transgender, nonbinary, or intersex, but others do not. Members…

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    …India, for members of a third-gender community that is often described as neither male nor female. The hijra identity is often compared to transgender identity, and the two have some similarities; however, the terms are not interchangeable—some hijras may identify as transgender, nonbinary, or intersex, but others do not. Members…

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