Beards, Breasts and Bodies by Raine Dozier
Dozier elaborates on how sex and gender are terms and concept which used interchangeable in a subconscious manner without being aware of the fundamental difference between the two. The expression of gender depends on behavior and the physiological appearance of a person. There are instances, like Dozier’s personal experience, were sex traits are not corroborated by the respective gender. Under these circumstances the reliance on behavior becomes important to gender interpretation. Similarly, when there is congruency between sex characteristics and gender, relevance of behavior reduces.
Decolonizing transgender in India by Aniruddha Dutta & Raina Roy
The personal experience and their respective backgrounds as well-known trans-rights activists play a major role in consolidating their claims.
Transgender community has been organized very differently in India as compared to how it is organized in the West. They analyze and answer the question whether by using the term ‘transgender’ does it act as an umbrella term and whether it erases some of the various identities created within the Indian context. They talk about how the term ‘transgender’ has emerged in India which can be attributed to the Western influence. Transgender identity certainly create new possibilities and social recognition. There are multiple variants of gender-forms in South Asia and if they fall within the ambit of transgender identity, which is a foreign concept, it re-colonizes us in a peculiar way. In other words, transgender is a term that has been used to replace identities like hijras, kothis, jananis. It does not bring within its folds the South-Asian identities.
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