Anjali Arondekar

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Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · Sex Work in Colonial India · 1 May 2026 podcast

So even if hijras don't identify as trans, they are folded into the trans demographic.

In India.

So a few years ago, there was a wonderful ruling passed in India called NALSA, which recognized third gender people more so than, say, in the UK or in the United States where I live, where they extended them workplace discrimination, rights and responsibilities.

But now the current government has said that we will only give you these rights and responsibilities if you can prove you are trans, which goes back to medical jurisprudence.

They want people to be subject to medical examinations in order to be given the right to call themselves third gen.

So you see what I mean about the colonial state reentering.

So on the one hand, they would say, well, why are you fussing?

We're giving you rights.

We just want you to prove your trans, but in the language we understand.

And most trans people and most even hijras do not have surgery, right?

As you know, it's not the only form of recognition.

So again, it's always a mixed bag, right?

I can tell you so many amazing stories about this Aravani project where they go around the country, do beautiful murals,

do protests, do art activism.

But on the other hand, they also do sex work.

Their women are beaten, you know.

So it's always a mixed bag.

I mean, and I think that's the story of the world right now.

And India is no different.

I think it's partially criminalized.

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