Our support group has hijra elders and younger kothi people and we keep having conversations where the generational differences in how we understand gender and tradition make it hard to create guidelines everyone feels good about.
More people experience this than they realize.
A community is struggling to honor both traditional wisdom and evolving understandings of gender identity.
“Where Are You with South Asian gender diversity — hijra and kothi?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.