Trans-sexual Hijras of India

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.angelfire.com/sys/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.angelfire.com/sys/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.angelfire.com/sys/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://www.angelfire.com/doc/images/track/ot_noscript.gif?rand=910268" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=280303"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040f0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="041203c0.jpg" border=0 width="32" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66334C" FACE="Arial" ><B>The India Sucks File </b></FONT><B>     </b></div> <div> back to<B>  </b><A HREF="hindu_devdasi_sex_slavery_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hindu Prostitution, Pimping and Holy Dev"><U><B>Hindu Prostitution, Pimping and Holy Devdasi Temple Prostitution.</b></U></A></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03ff2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id177.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The consequence of avoiding prostitution"><U><IMG SRC="0440e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>    <A HREF="hindu_devdasi_sex_slavery_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Hindu Prostitution, Pimping and Holy Dev"><U><IMG SRC="0450e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>  <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14">    <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="042f0f03.jpg"> <div> Trans-sexual Hijras of India</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="56a15a40.jpg" border=0 width="277" height="420" ALT="Eunuchs" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="429" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 217 WIDTH="413"><div> <I>Anton and Samson</I> </div> <bR> <div> Samson, a counsellor for Prakriti Sahodaran, a men's sexual health project, strikes a pose before going out to work at the annual Aravan festival which attracts trans-sexuals from all over the country. If you are effeminate in India (and not married) your family forces you to live amongst hijras even if you are heterosexual inclined, as many effeminate men are. Villupurum, South India.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Black and white print,1999, signed lower right Thomas L. Kelly, numbered 2/40</div> <div> 35.5 x 24 cm</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 166 WIDTH="413"><div> This photo was featured in the Plum Blossoms Gallery. The series was entitled 'Thomas L. Kelly - Fallen Angels'. The exhibition opened 2001 from January 17 to 27 in Hong Kong and from January 12 to 21 in Singapore. thomas L. Kelly seeks to create awareness on these marginalised elements of socfiety.</div> <div>  </div> <div> Photo and text Copyright © 2000 by <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.plumblossoms.com/T.Kelly/Thomas_Kelly.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.plumblossoms.com/T.Kelly/Thom"><U>Plum Blossoms Gallery and Thomas L. Kelly.</U></A></FONT> All rights reserved. Since these photographs are of immense value in Thomas Kelly's goal of creating awareness of the state of prostitution in India, they have been reproduced on the India Sucks File strictly for informational purpose under the Fair Use Act. Please see our <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.indiasucks.netfirms.com/id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.indiasucks.netfirms.com/id28."><U>disclaimer</U></A></FONT><A HREF="http://www.indiasucks.netfirms.com/id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.indiasucks.netfirms.com/id28."><U>.</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>