What is the difference between hijra and transgender?
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Hijra
-It is a congenital or biological problem. It can be proved by lab tests (genetic and biochemical).
-This is a very unusual occurrence. One in every 5000 children may be transgender.
-Can be born with ambiguous external reproductive organs. For some, puberty, even at the age of 20-25, can cause physical changes.
-Someone growing up as a real girl may identify as male (genetically) when reaching puberty but not menstruating or bleeding.
-Hormones or surgery do not make a perfect woman or man who can bear children.
Transgender
-This identity is a self-perceived mental state that has nothing to do with birth sex. A boy or girl feels ‘stuck in the wrong body’.
-It cannot usually be proven by lab tests. It is self-identified.
-It doesn’t matter if you become transgender through hormones or surgery. This identity can manifest itself in: name changes (eg from male to female), new pronouns – from He to She, or -They; Dress changes, make-up changes (eg nail polish, hair done like girls)
-A uterus cannot be created by surgery, nor can a functioning penis be created through which to ejaculate.
-According to research, 20% of transgender people in America and Britain undergo medical treatment to achieve some external female or male characteristics
-97% of trans women have penises, just like trans men have vaginas.