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T ransgender people are also known as  'Hijras' . They've always been subject to mockery and are objectified. Most of them spend their life by begging or being a sex slave. Transpersons aren't successful in gaining respect and recognition from other people.  Koovagam Village  of  Ullndurpettai , Tamil Nadu, celebrates India's biggest transgender festival that is the  Koovagam Festival.   This  village is also the abode of deity  Aravana. Aravana  or  Iravan  is the God of transgenders who was born before marriage to its parents   Arjuna  and   Ulupi.  He was the one who sacrificed himself to Lordess Kali on the 18th day of the Mahabharata war to make Pandavas conquer the battle. Aravana desired not to die unmarried and since he was about to die the next day, women refused to marry him. They were scared of widowhood and the post-life turmoils from the next day of marriage. However, Krishna in  ...

Non-binary gender is a phenomenon of the existence of more than two genders. This concept of enbyism is going for millions of years. Hindu mythology to consists of such postulation. There were traces of 'ayoni'  or non-vaginal sex, gods taking avatar in different sex or gender, the transformation of  Amba  to  Shikhandi.   Furthermore , Krutivasa Ramayan  also involves a tale where 2 queens conceives a child together then name him  Bhagirath. If we move back to the millennial period of India, conviction, and conception of gender neutrality are highly unacceptable. Due to the occurrence of social media, human interaction, and awareness, now it is legal for whomever we want to marry despite their gender. There is a fine line difference between sex and gender. Sex is anatomical, whereas gender is abstract. Scrolling Instagram feed and seeing an individual's bio, you may find pronouns which are mainly preferable gender pronouns (PGP) or 'used' gender ...