Hollywood’s hottest new director Dev Patel has revealed how he sought to champion non-binary and transgender people in new movie ... of India’s ancient hijra community who join Kid (Dev ...

South Asia has a long history of people designated as male at birth but who identify as female -- known as kinnar or hijra. In India's last census in 2011, more than 487,000 people were members of the ...

From being empowered by Lord Rama to bestow blessings on all ceremonious occasions to being criminalised under British colonial laws to claiming an akhara in Kumbh Mela, kinnars have carved a distinct ...