Transgender In Indian Context Rights And Activism

Author : Dipak Giri
Publisher : AABS Publishing House, Kolkata, India
ISBN 13 : 9388963253
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transgender in Indian Context: Rights and Activism written by Dipak Giri and published by AABS Publishing House, Kolkata, India. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthology Transgender in Indian Context: Rights and Activism is written as a plea for transgender community in India neglected and deprived for long. The anthology with an effort to touch the soft corner of Indian hearts for this invisible class, tries to lay bare almost all those factors which are responsible to stigmatise their life and show almost all requisites through which this community so long denied to social positioning can meet dignified life on both familial and sociatal surface. The anthology has covered twenty well-explored articles on this serious issue which is the need of the day. Some of the articles in this anthology dealing with popular transgender autobiographies have endeavoured to explore the real life experience of transgender community in India showing their hard struggle to come into societal surface from their hidden marginal existence. Authors are very deep and sincere to articulate their ideas and hopefully see the service of humanity though their esteemed works in this anthology. About the Author: Dipak Giri- M.A. (Double), B.Ed. - is a Ph. D. Research Scholar in Raiganj University, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur (W.B.). He is working as an Assistant Teacher in Katamari High School (H.S.), Cooch Behar, West Bengal. He is an Academic Counsellor in Netaji Subhas Open University, Cooch Behar College Study Centre, Cooch Behar, West Bengal. He was formerly Part-Time Lecturer in Cooch Behar College, Vivekananda College and Thakur Panchanan Mahila Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal and worked as a Guest Lecturer in Dewanhat College, West Bengal. He has the credit of qualifying U.G.C.-N.E.T. two times. He has attended seminars on national and state levels sponsored by U.G.C. Along with this book on Transgender in Indian Context, he has also edited six books: Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques, Indian English Novel: Styles and Motives, Postcolonial English Literature: Theory and Practice, New Woman in Indian Literature: From Covert to Overt, Indian Women Novelists in English: Art and Vision and Homosexuality in Contemporary Indian Literaure: Issues and Challenges. He is a well-known academician and has published many scholarly research articles in books and journals of both national and international repute. His area of studies includes Post-Colonial Literature, Indian Writing in English, Dalit Literature, Feminism and Gender Studies.

Author : A. Revathi. As told to Nandini Murali
Publisher : Zubaan
ISBN 13 : 9385932136
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in Trans Activism, A written by A. Revathi. As told to Nandini Murali and published by Zubaan. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Revathi's powerful memoir, The Truth About Me, first appeared in 2011, it caused a sensation. Readers learned of Revathi's childhood unease with her male body, her escape from her birth family to a house of hijras (the South Asian generic term for transgender people), and her eventual transition to being the woman she always knew she was. This new book charts her remarkable journey from relative obscurity to becoming India's leading spokesperson for transgender rights and an inspiration to thousands. Revathi describes her life, her work in the NGO Sangama, which works with people across a spectrum of gender identities and sexual orientations, and how she rose from office assistant to director in the organization. Today she is an independent activist, theatre person, actor and writer, and works for the rights of transgender persons. In the second part of the book, Revathi offers the reader an insight into one of the least talked about experiences on the gender trajectory: that of being trans men. Calling several female-to-male trans persons her 'sons', Revathi puts before us their moving, passionate and sometimes tragic stories of marginalization, courage, resistance and triumph. An unforgettable book, A Life in Trans Activism will leave the reader questioning the 'safe' and 'comfortable' binaries of male/female that so many of us take for granted.

Author : Lopamudra Sengupta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429534086
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Rights of the Third Gender in India written by Lopamudra Sengupta and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages with the discourses on human rights as they apply to the transgender or the hijra community in India, capturing not only their larger struggle for legal rights and dignity but also their personal hardships. It situates the issues and concerns of the Indian transgender community within a global context to explore the extent of social justice in independent India. By narrating stories of individuals, local movements and activities of groups like the Association of Transgender/Hijra in Bengal (ATHB) and others, the book gives context to the changes that globalisation has brought to the narrative around transgenders in India. This shift has challenged their marginalisation and has led to stories, films and queer individuals like Chapal Bhaduri – the jatra rani – and the iconic filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh to flourish and become relevant. This book brings these literatures and personal stories to the fore, allowing readers to perceive the changes and the challenges that Indian society faces when it comes to ensuring the rights for transgender people. This volume will be of interest to scholars of gender studies, queer studies, literature and social work along with readers who want to engage with the transgender movement and community in India.

Author : Kalki Subramaniam
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1639404880
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Are Not The Others written by Kalki Subramaniam and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-07-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I speak because we need to be heard, I write because we need to be understood, I dare because we need to survive. – Kalki Subramaniam ‘We Are Not The Others’ is a strikingly moving book that touches the heart of its readers, and takes them on a furious and empathetic journey into the personal lives of transgender people of India. It is a one-of-a-kind book from India’s renowned transgender rights activist Kalki Subramaniam who blatantly and honestly speaks about the joys, hopes, struggles, and despair of a transgender person, the author herself, and ferociously upholds her dignity and that of others like her.

Author : Ksenija Joksimović
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004425098
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Activist Identity Development of Transgender Social Justice Activists and Educators written by Ksenija Joksimović and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Activist Identity Development of Transgender Social Justice Activists and Educators introduces a new field to education for social change. It explores how dominant power structures in society shape life experiences of trans and gender non-conforming people and their activist identity development.

Author : Paisley Currah
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816643127
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transgender Rights written by Paisley Currah and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Transgender Rights packs a surprising amount of information into a small space. Offering spare, tightly executed essays, this slim volume nonetheless succeeds in creating a spectacular, well-researched compendium of the transgender movement." -Law Library Journal Over the past three decades, the transgender movement has gained visibility and achieved significant victories. Discrimination has been prohibited in several states, dozens of municipalities, and more than two hundred private companies, while hate crime laws in eight states have been amended to include gender identity. Yet prejudice and violence against transgender people remain all too common. With analysis from legal and policy experts, activists and advocates, Transgender Rights assesses the movement's achievements, challenges, and opportunities for future action. Examining crucial topics like family law, employment policies, public health, economics, and grassroots organizing, this groundbreaking book is an indispensable resource in the fight for the freedom and equality of those who cross gender boundaries. Moving beyond media representations to grapple with the real lives and issues of transgender people, Transgender Rights will launch a new moment for human rights activism in America. Contributors: Kylar W. Broadus, Judith Butler, Mauro Cabral, Dallas Denny, Taylor Flynn, Phyllis Randolph Frye, Julie A. Greenberg, Morgan Holmes, Bennett H. Klein, Jennifer L. Levi, Ruthann Robson, Nohemy Solórzano-Thompson, Dean Spade, Kendall Thomas, Paula Viturro, Willy Wilkinson. Paisley Currah is associate professor of political science at Brooklyn College, executive director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center, and a founding board member of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute. Richard M. Juang cochairs the advisory board of the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) in Washington, DC. He has taught at Oberlin College and Susquehanna University. He is the lead editor of NCTE's Responding to Hate Crimes: A Community Resource Manual and coeditor of Transgender Justice, which explores models of activism. Shannon Price Minter is legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and a founding board member of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute.

Author : Indrani Sen Gupta
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788182052826
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Rights of Minority and Women's: Transgender human rights written by Indrani Sen Gupta and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. JAYANTHY
Publisher : MJP Publisher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book TRANSGENDER WELFARE AND SOCIETY written by E. JAYANTHY and published by MJP Publisher. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Introduction, 2. Transgenders as Depicted in Hindu Mythology and in Tamil Literature, 3. Intersex and Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, 4. Transgenders - Physiological Parameters, 5. Transgenders - Psychological Parameters, 6. Role of Tamil Community in the Development of Thirunangai Communities – A Profile, 7. Social Exclusion Of Transgender, 8. Kalki Subramanian – A Profile, 9. Conclusion. - PREFACE - The legal, economic and social marginalization of transgender affects every aspect of their lives. Social exclusion is reflected in laws that do not acknowledge the existence of transgender, either as a third gender or as people who wish to transition from male to female, or from female to male. Without legal protection, transgender is vulnerable to daily violence and discrimination, with cumulative impacts. Some impacts are visible, such as the HIV epidemic among transgender in many parts of the world. Most impacts are insidious, with transgender, their families, and communities left to support each other and struggle for their rights. Human rights experts have offered guidance on how to apply existing human laws. From a young age, many transgender people experience social rejection and marginalization because of their expression of their gender identity. This social exclusion affects their self-perception and sense of worth. It may contribute to depression, anxiety, drug and alcohol use, self-harm and suicide. Young transgender people are particularly vulnerable to homelessness, unemployment and economic instability, as they often depend on family and educational institutions for housing and other resources .This is mainly due to the fact that their inherent complexities in physiology which does not gel with their psychology deprivation of everything in their life.

Author : Veerendra Mishra
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000872858
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transgenders in India written by Veerendra Mishra and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory volume studies the challenges faced by the transgender community in India. It traces the history of the representation of the community in Hindu texts to understand the evolution of their status within Indian society. The book looks at various themes such as the concept of establishing identity through the processes of 'coming out' and 'transitioning’ and analyses how race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, nation, religion, and ability have cross-influenced to shape the transgender experience and trans culture across and beyond the binary. Lucid and topical, the book debunks myths and critiques the stigma and discrimination surrounding the transgender community. It will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of gender studies, queer studies, exclusion and discrimination studies, political science, sociology, social anthropology, and South Asian studies.

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ISBN 13 : 9789390818761
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gender Equality and Transgender Rights in Indian Society written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: