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A group of Hijra, circa 1865.

A Pakistani hijra at a protest between two hijra groups from Islamabad and Rawalpindi. 2008.

In south Asian countries including India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the Hijra are people who were assigned male at birth and who have a feminine gender expression. This is a very ancient tradition of a nonbinary gender role (often called "third gender"). The Hijra in India alone may number as many as 2,000,000.^[1]

In some countries today, Hijra are legally recognized as a gender other than female or male.

India, November 2009 ^[2] Owing to the Hijra, India allows passports to use the gender marker "T", meaning transgender or third gender,^[3] as well as "E" (eunuch).^[4]
Pakistan, December 2009 ^[5]
Bangladesh, November 2013 ^[6] In 2011, Bangladesh started to allow passports to show a gender called "other", owing to the Hijra.^[7]^[8]

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