Intersecting marginalities: examining the social exclusion experiences of transgender persons in Karnataka

The present Socially and biologically gender is pre-determined into two categories i.e., Male and Female. Gender is a pervasive facet in all aspects of one’s life.Transgender is the state of one's gender identity or gender expression not matching one's assigned sex. Transgenderism is a phenomenon where trans gendering individual gradually but recurrently perceives and recognizes his/her gender as different from the one assigned at birth,The struggle for civil rights and mainstreaming of a community such as the Transgender community sounds the death knell for the rituals and traditions to hold the community together and give it a sense of coherence and narrative power. They had very few rights and were not recognised by the Indian law, which denied them the right to vote, own property, marry and the right to claim formal identity through any official documents such as passport or driving license. In the face of such odds, they were forced to earn money any way they can.The society accosts them with negative comments, verbal, physical or sexual abuse or threatening behaviours. Transgender students are often bullied and lose educational opportunities when they don’t conform to stereotypes of how boys and girls should look or act. They are often harassed in the work place and treated unfairly in public accommodations, housing and credit transactions. Most of them are unemployed or underemployed while many others are routinely fired by their employers.they are often subjected to contemptuous and violent treatment by customers wit for sex work and the police. Hence this paper focuses those concerns and provision of legal sanction to liberate and empower transgender persons.