Abstract
Despite the Government of India’s official recognition of “third gender” in 2014, the right to gender self-determination remains contested. Over one million transgender women in the country face discrimination and continue to live on the fringes of society. Discrimination and stigma force them to resort to prostitution, begging on city streets, and performing at village festivals. While transgender women are venerated during religious rituals and festivals, they are excluded from employment and higher education. This article outlines the cultural and social conditions facing the trans community in India, as well as the illiberal attitudes of society toward it, through the prism of visual analysis.
Highlights
The year 2018 changed the way we look at gender, sex and sexuality
The history of the legal campaign for the rights of LGBTI persons in India largely started with the legal challenge to Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code
Intersex persons are born with sexual anatomy, reproductive organs, and/or chromosome patterns that do not fit the typical definition of male or female
Summary
The year 2018 changed the way we look at gender, sex and sexuality. The judgment of the Supreme Court in Navtej Johar v. In protecting their rights, the Supreme Court gave a broader and more expansive meaning to “sex” within the Constitution to include gender identity and sexual orientation. The Supreme Court gave a broader and more expansive meaning to “sex” within the Constitution to include gender identity and sexual orientation This expansive meaning has positive implications on how we think about gender beyond the binary of male and female, and beyond social stereotypes of gender roles.
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