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| meaning = As described by its author, pink and blue are for those who identify with binary genders as trans people, while the white is for those who are nonbinary, the red represents the divinity they were blessed with by Rama.

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[[File:Hermaphrodite Indian entertainers (c. 1865).jpg|thumb|A group of Hijra, circa 1865.]]

[[File:Hijra Protest Islamabad.jpg|thumb|A Pakistani hijra at a protest between two hijra groups from Islamabad and Rawalpindi. 2008.]]

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* ''River of the Gods'' and ''Cyberabad Days'' by Ian McDonald. A novel set in futuristic India in year 2050, with interesting subplots about hijra.

==Flags==

[[File:Hijra by HijrAnon.png|thumb|HijrAnon's hijra pride flag.]]

The first known hijra flag was created in 2016 by a user under the handle "HijrAnon".<ref>{{cite web|author=HijrAnon|date=17 December 2016|title=So next set of information, for culture genders, is hijra!|url=https://ask-pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/154602847564/so-next-set-of-information-for-culture-genders}}</ref> HijrAnon wrote of the flag's symbolism:

{{quote|The flag I have made here is based on Ardhanarishvara. A deity that is a combination of Lord Shiva and his consort Parvati, thus Ardhanarishvara is literally half-man, and half-woman. Many hijra such as myself identify with Ardhanarishvara because of the gender ambiguty, since they are neither of the two big genders. The pinkish background is also meant to be ambigous, looking like a pink or dark red depending on how you look at it (not sure if this makes sense, sorry!). The head shape with one half white and one half greenish is meant to represent Ardhanarishvara (the white half is Lord Shiva, green half is Parvati, light green middle is Ardhanarishvara themselves). The yellow ring near their neck is meant to be a necklace, in India necklaces are usually worn for protection and good luck. So in a way I wanted this to represent protection for hijras.}}

[[File:Hijra flag.svg|thumb|Samira's hijra pride flag.]]Another hijra flag was created in 2018 by a hijra on Tumblr named Samira, who wrote:

{{quote|pink and blue are for those of us who identify with binary genders as trans people, while the white is for those of us who are nonbinary

the red represents the divinity we were blessed with by Rama}}

However, as of 2020, Samira no longer identifies as hijra.<ref>{{cite web|author=Samira |title=this post is blowing up again, but I want people to know that I no longer identify as hijra.|date=4 August 2020 |url=https://floralfemmes.tumblr.com/post/625504225631289344/|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204165050/https://floralfemmes.tumblr.com/post/625504225631289344/hi-im-samir-and-i-identify-as-hijra-an-east}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Gender-variant identities worldwide]]