ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 2月19日 13時08分

Hundreds of years ago, under traditional Hindu culture, hijras — who include transgender and intersex people — enjoyed a certain degree of respect. But Victorian England changed that. When the British colonized India in the mid-19th century, they brought a strict sense of judgment to sexual mores, criminalizing “carnal intercourse against the order of nature.” That was the beginning, scholars say, of a mainstream discomfort in India with homosexuality, transgender people and hijras. Today, many #hijras say they feel a sense of alienation, of being looked at as freaks. They complain about being heckled, harassed and assaulted. Many are engaged in sex work; others beg for money in high-traffic areas. “Personally, I don’t want to beg. Nobody wants to beg,” one hijra told our reporter @gettlemanjeffrey. “And the situation is worse now for begging. The police harass us. They don’t let us beg anymore on trains. But we aren’t given any other opportunity, and now you ask us not to beg? This is not fair. This is not justice.” @sarahyltonphoto photographed these #hijras at a train station in #Mumbai. Visit the link in our profile to read more in @nytimesfashion about India’s third gender.

[BIHAKUEN]UVシールド(UVShield)

>> 飲む日焼け止め！「UVシールド」を購入する