Hijra

Hijra

Anwara Islam Rani, independent candidate for Rangpur-3, at an election campaign recently. Photo: Courtesy

Anwara Rani: The school dropout Hijra MP aspirant bracing to unseat JaPa in Rangpur

This will be her first try and she is up against no other than Jatiyo Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader, a heavyweight for Rangpur-3. In the last 32 years, JaPa has lost the seat only once.

Redefine ‘rape’ in Bangladesh Penal Code to protect hijra and transgender rape victims

Redefine ‘rape’ in Bangladesh Penal Code to protect hijra and transgender rape victims

Photo: Joynal Abedin Shishir/TBS

Third gender community donates Tk22 lakh to fire-affected Bangabazar traders

A recent press release issued by the Parliament Secretariat said it recommended taking necessary steps (including medical tests) to identify “real” “third gender” individuals. The medical test, if it comes to fruition, may see the next census number for Hijras fall even further. Photo: TBS

From the fringes to the margins: The Hijra dilemma

Bangladesh National Parliament. Photo: Collected

JS body for identifying real Hijra thru medical test

Illustration: TBS

Once denied treatment, now welcomed – ‘Room 110’ shows the way

Photo: TBS

Another transgender candidate runs in UP election

ZEproject: How members of hijra and transgender community secured RMG jobs

ZEproject: How members of hijra and transgender community secured RMG jobs

Photo: Courtesy

Jhenaidah’s Ritu first transgender UP chairman in Bangladesh

Afra Nuarey. Illustration: TBS

Why ‘third gender’ is a problematic label

Hijras are not socially integrated. They politically and economically marginalized, and culturally considered to be the ‘other’. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed

Hope the hijras are not the expendable ‘bare life’ of global pandemic!