Third Sex And Human Rights

by Rajesh Talwar

The hijras in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh represent a terribly marginalized minority community, to the extent that they are even ignored by human rights activists. In this book, the author argues that their situation can be compared with that of transsexuals in the west, both in terms of the psycho-social compulsions faced by a man who voluntarily decides to become a hijra or alternately a male to female transsexual as well as in terms of the complications regarding marriage, adoption and sexual status. In this book, the author has made a unique comparative study of the human rights abuses and legal problems faced by members of the third sex in the West and India.
This book is essential reading for human rights activists, social scientists, those connected with the law and the concerned citizen.

345 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999