Fighting for Equality: The Hijra in Bangladesh & Beyond

Hijras have for a long time been entertaining spectators on the big screens of South Asia. In the Hindi movie Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), for example, they accompanied one of the heroes, Akbar (Rishi Kapoor), in a song entitled “Tayyab

Transgender Realities: Fighting for Human Rights in Bangladesh

“Our society pushes transgender people into prostitution”. GSDM’s Tithe Farhana interviews Pinky Sikder, the Director of Badhan Hijra Sangha, an NGO aimed at protecting the human rights of the transgender community in Bangladesh. I am the child of a mother