Vol. 7, Issue 6, Part F (2021)

Third gender/Transgender identities that express gender fluidity as a way of life newline question our most basic assumptions of gender and sexuality. There are various trans identities newline in India- Hijra, Aravani, Jogappa, Shivashakti, Kinnar, and Sakhi-Bekhi newline among others. Each of these identities is both temporally and spatially specific. It has newline been claimed that, Third Gender have got a strong historical presence in the Hindu newline mythology and concept of tritiya prakrti or napumsaka has been an integral part of newline ancient literatures. With the advent of modernity, the binarism of gender also newline pervaded the Indian society.