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Some hijras undergo an initiation rite into the hijra community called nirvaan, which involves the removal of the penis, scrotum and testicles. [ 16 ] Since the late 20th century, some hijra activists and non-government organizations have lobbied for official recognition of the hijra as a kind of "third sex" or " third gender ", as neither man ...
Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India. Massachusetts: Cengage. ISBN 978-0534509033. Nanda, S (1984). "The hijras of India. A preliminary report". Medicine and Law. 3 (1): 59– 75. PMID 6538636. Ochoa, Bernardo (September 1998). "Trauma of the external genitalia in children: amputation of the penis and emasculation". The Journal of Urology.
Genital nullification is a procedure practiced in a body modification subculture made up mostly of men who have had their genitals surgically removed. Those undergoing the procedure often go by the name of nullos, and are not necessarily transgender or nonbinary; some identify as eunuchs. [48] The term nullo is short for genital nullification. [49]
[11] [page needed] After interviewing and studying the hijra for many years, Serena Nanda writes in her book Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India as follows: "There is a widespread belief in India that hijras are born hermaphrodites [intersex] and are taken away by the hijra community at birth or in childhood, but I found no evidence to ...
In South Asia, many hijras live in well-defined, organized, all-hijra communities, led by a guru. The power of the hijras as a sexually ambiguous category can only be understood in the religious context of Hinduism. In some Hindu beliefs, ritual, and art, the power of the combined man/woman, or androgyne, is a frequent and significant theme.
Sangam literature uses the word pedi (Tamil: பேடி pēṭi [28]) to refer to people born with an intersex condition; it also refers to antharlinga hijras and various other hijras. Intersex people are popularly known as Mabedi Usili in Hijra community but their identity always remained as a distinct identity from popular hijra community.
The visible portion of eutherian mammalian genitals for males consists of the penis and scrotum; for females, it consists of the vulva. Male placental mammals urinate and ejaculate through one urethral opening in the penis, while females have two separate vaginal and urethral openings. [ 14 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 January 2025. Gender identity as neither man nor woman Part of a series on Transgender topics Outline History Timeline Gender identities Androgyne Bissu, Calabai, Calalai Burrnesha Cisgender Gender bender Hijra Non-binary or genderqueer Gender fluidity Kathoey Koekchuch Third gender Bakla Faʻafafine ...