>Based India has recognised trannies for thousands of years and Brit*shers tried to eradicate them
>"Hinduism acknowledges a third gender and has a strong tradition of portraying those identifying as such positively; there are multiple characters in the Mahabharata who change genders, such as Shikhandi, who is born female but identifies as male and eventually marries a woman. Bahuchara Mata is the goddess of fertility, worshipped by hijras as their patroness.
>Hijras are officially recognized as third gender in the Indian subcontinent,[5][6] being considered neither completely male nor female. Hijras have a recorded history in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity, as suggested by the Kama Sutra.
>Many live in well-defined and organised all-hijra communities, led by a guru.[7] These communities have consisted over generations of those who are in abject poverty or who have been rejected by or fled their family of origin.[8] Many work as sex workers for survival.[9]
>The word "hijra" is a Hindustani word.[10] It has traditionally been translated into English as "eunuch" or "hermaphrodite", where "the irregularity of the male genitalia is central to the definition".[11] However, in general hijras are born male, only a few having been born with intersex variations.[12] Some Hijras undergo an initiation rite into the hijra community called nirvaan, which involves the removal of the penis, scrotum and testicles.[9]
>During the era of the British Raj, authorities attempted to eradicate hijras, whom they saw as "a breach of public decency."[53]
>Hijras belong to a special caste.
>The hijra community developed a secret language known as Hijra Farsi.[37]"
