>>17869701
A journey of pain and beauty: On becoming ...
https://www.scpr.org/news/2014/04/18/43609/a-journey-of-pain-and-beauty-on-becoming-transgend/
Abhina Aher was born a boy biologically and is now a hijra, ... Castration is a dangerous business, and Aher says many members of the hijra ...

CNN.com - A eunuch's tale from the slums - Sep 15, 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/india.eye.eunuch/
•Hardly 8 percent of hijras visiting Hamsafar clinics are castrated or "nirwaan" ... Gay men and transsexuals also are included in their ranks, ...

12-yr-old castrated, forced to be part of eunuch group - delhi https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/12-yr-old-castrated-forced-to-be-part-of-eunuch-group/story-wBmUENObCKWwTwhy3U0wCI.html
Their son Apurva Singh (name changed) was a victim of forced castration, carried out by a group of eunuchs. When their missing son came back home after six months, his family was unable to decide whether to celebrate his return or grieve his plight.

Secrets of the Hijra: India's Little-Known Transsexuals —
https://www.thenotsoinnocentsabroad.com/blog/secrets-of-the-hijra-indias-little-known-transsexuals
“Because they remember being that little boy and being exposed. ... The hijra is supposedly presented with her castrated parts, which she ...

How Britain tried to 'erase' India's third gender - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48442934
In August 1852, a eunuch called Bhoorah was found brutally murdered in ... up like women and describe themselves as being castrated or born that way. ... "Colonial anxieties about the threat that hijras posed to Indian boys ...

Eunuchs -- India's Third Gender | ThingsAsian
http://thingsasian.com/story/eunuchs-indias-third-gender
Eunuchs - castrated males - have been in existence since the 9th ... On a day declared auspicious by the Guru, the boy is laid down on a hard ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantric#Religion

>>511275243
A journey of pain and beauty: On becoming ...
https://www.scpr.org/news/2014/04/18/43609/a-journey-of-pain-and-beauty-on-becoming-transgend/
Abhina Aher was born a boy biologically and is now a hijra, ... Castration is a dangerous business, and Aher says many members of the hijra ...

CNN.com - A eunuch's tale from the slums - Sep 15, 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/09/07/india.eye.eunuch/
•Hardly 8 percent of hijras visiting Hamsafar clinics are castrated or "nirwaan" ... Gay men and transsexuals also are included in their ranks, ...

12-yr-old castrated, forced to be part of eunuch group - delhi https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/12-yr-old-castrated-forced-to-be-part-of-eunuch-group/story-wBmUENObCKWwTwhy3U0wCI.html
Their son Apurva Singh (name changed) was a victim of forced castration, carried out by a group of eunuchs. When their missing son came back home after six months, his family was unable to decide whether to celebrate his return or grieve his plight.

Secrets of the Hijra: India's Little-Known Transsexuals —
https://www.thenotsoinnocentsabroad.com/blog/secrets-of-the-hijra-indias-little-known-transsexuals
“Because they remember being that little boy and being exposed. ... The hijra is supposedly presented with her castrated parts, which she ...

How Britain tried to 'erase' India's third gender - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-48442934
In August 1852, a eunuch called Bhoorah was found brutally murdered in ... up like women and describe themselves as being castrated or born that way. ... "Colonial anxieties about the threat that hijras posed to Indian boys ...

Eunuchs -- India's Third Gender | ThingsAsian
http://thingsasian.com/story/eunuchs-indias-third-gender
Eunuchs - castrated males - have been in existence since the 9th ... On a day declared auspicious by the Guru, the boy is laid down on a hard ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra_(South_Asia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantric#Religion