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  1. Two Baluchi Buggas, A Sindhi Zenana, and the Status of Hijras in Contemporary Pakistan

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Naqvi, Nauman, Mujtaba, Hasan
    Date: Jan. 1998
    Topics: Baluchi (Southwest Asian people), Gender expression, Gender markers, Hijras, Police harassment, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people, Transfeminine people, Zenanas
    Subject: Mohammed Aslam
    Description: This essay from Trikone Magazine (Vol. 13, No. 1) discusses South Asian gender identities and associated experiences in Pakistan.

  2. "What Sort of Beast Was I?" Thinking Beyond Gender in India

     
    Collection: Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (1950-2000)
    Institution: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
    Creator: Vanita, Ruth
    Date: Oct. 1997
    Topics: Ashrams, Hijras, Indian LGBTQ+ people, Non-Euro-American gender and sexual identities, QTPOC, South Asian LGBTQ+ people, Vārkarī sect, Women authors, South Asian, Women's movement
    Description: This article discusses how Indian society creates narratives for opting out of gender categories, of non-victimhood, and of alliances across identity boundaries. It is excerpted from a longer essay...