Living on the Societal Edge: India’s Transgender Realities

Journal of Religion and Health

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1451-1459

  Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy ^a   Hsu, Minna J ^b  

^a TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Health; Hinduism; HIV AIDS; India; Society; Transgender

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; RELIGION; TRANSGENDER; TRANSSEXUALISM;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RELIGION AND SEX; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84930764039     PISSN: 00224197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10943-014-9987-z     Document Type: Article

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