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THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025

Hijra

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
Panorama

From the fringes to the margins: The Hijra dilemma

Despite a clear definition present, some official identification documents and institutional forms continue to include Hijra, other, or third gender as identity options. Identity erasure, among...

Bangladesh National Parliament. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

JS body for identifying real Hijra thru medical test

Illustration: TBS
Health

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

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Another transgender candidate runs in UP election

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

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

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Jhenaidah’s Ritu first transgender UP chairman in Bangladesh

Afra Nuarey. Illustration: TBS
Thoughts

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
Thoughts

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

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