Legalizing Hijras (Transgenders) in Patriarchy

Barriers in Legal Registration of Hijras in Punjab, Pakistan

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ID22238046
AuthorsUmair Ahmad (University of Sargodha, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume4
Issue1
Pages736-754
Publication date2020-03-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePakistan Social Sciences Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2664-0422 • E-ISSN: 2664-0430
PublisherFatima Gohar Educational and Welfare Society (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.35484/pssr.2020(4-i)57
OpenAlexW3091182057
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

In the most recent decade, a couple of nations have made a category of transgender to the legally accepted gender deviants. We have little or no knowledge of the reaction by the gender deviant's vis--vis the legislation of the "legal transgender identity". In order to deal with this gap, the present study investigates the diverse socio-religious, and other organizational discourses that have developed over the recent transgender identity in Pakistani society. Notwithstanding the fact that the legal transgenders' identity was reformed to define the unique gender character of the Hijras, however, most of these gender deviants are, for instance, adamant to keep registering themselves as "Men" amidst a patriarchal setting. The findings of the study reveal that the patriarchal stigma, high compliance cost, and, among many other factors, the inadequate substantial advantages related to the legal transgender identity prevent the Hijras from getting registered. It also indicates of the barriers with the legal transgenders identity within a patriarchal sociolegal system where significant advantages related to the "Man" are relinquished by registering.

Criminology · Economic growth · Migrant workers · Patriarchy · Sociology · Transgender · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Sex work and related issues

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