A Bangladeshi transgender or hijra, left, applying henna on a woman’s hand as a part of the first ever nationwide programme to observe ‘Hijra Day’ on November 10, in Dhaka yesterday. On November 10, 2013, the Bangladesh government officially recognised hijras as a separate gender in order to secure their rights, enabling them to identify their gender as ‘hijra’ on all government documents, including passports.
November 09, 2014 | 09:17 PM