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The same as eunuch. In Pakistan and India this expression is broadly used to describe those classified as neither male nor female. Born male, the hijras adopt women's names, behaviour and clothing. This word means "impotent ones" in Urdu.
More than 100 hijras competed at "Miss World 2001" in India.
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A traditional non-binary gender identity primarily used in South Asia.
Hijras are people who are assigned male or intersex at birth, and identify as neither binary gender. Their gender expression is primarily feminine. The closest mordern western termiology is transfeminine.

Note that though the word is accepted in India, it is considered a slur in Pakistan where the politically correct alternative is the term "Khwaja Sara"
Meena ,whose birth name was Mehul, identified as a Hijra , and uses she/her pronouns.
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