Transgender Persons In India From Socio, Legal And Religious Perspectives: An Analysis

Abstract

The experiences of transgender persons who live in the trans community are examined in this study project, along with the various forms of social exclusion they face and how they respond, which shapes their identities. It focuses on the lives of transgender individuals to help them develop their hijra identity. Labelling theory and the symbolic interactionist perspective are used as theoretical cornerstones. Among the major forms of exclusion are family rejection, verbal and physical abuse, forced sex, police extortion of goods and money, arrests made on false accusations, and restrictions on access to public spaces, health care, and education. Sex is the polarity of anatomy, while gender is the polarity of behaviour and appearance. The two genders male and female are the common subjects of any conversation about gender. However, there is another gender that is frequently disregarded. Transgender people are members of the third gender who identify as non-binary and may or may not want to undergo elective castration. They are a predominantly male born population that is both diversified and internally distinctive. The existence of the third gender is as inevitable as that of men and women. Nonetheless, transgender individuals face exclusion from society as well as animosity and revulsion. Since the only things transgender individuals in our culture experience are social exclusion including hostility and exclusion based on religion they do not qualify for social security benefits. They beg on the roads, in stores, and on public transit. They are new forms of self-representation. Through literature, the transgender community has addressed issues unique to them and challenged the colonial attitudes of dominant communities that stigmatize and relegate transgender people to the periphery of society as outcasts, lepers, and criminals. Transsexuals deal with regressive violence and pervasive discrimination on a daily basis. Ironically, people consider them lucky when a child is born or during wedding ceremonies. They are also victims of hate crimes, many of which remain undetected. The Indian Supreme Court rendered a historic ruling in 2014, delivered in the case of Nalsa v/s U.O.I[1], directing the government to take the appropriate steps to safeguard the rights of transgender individuals, including granting them preference in the workforce and in school. But much more work needs to be done before this decision can be implemented.