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When survival strategies become identity expectations

The other hijras in my area do sex work but I do not want to and now I feel like I do not belong anywhere.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Limited economic options within marginalized communities can create pressure to conform to particular survival methods.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with South Asian gender diversity — hijra and kothi?”

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