Originally posted by: astha36
Hi Niharika,
I disagree with you. I don't mean to offend but only learn about this topic. I would be glad to be proven wrong so that I can correct the topic in my mind for future.
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Thanks Astha. Its nothing offensive about your answer here. If you would like me to state what is different between a transgender and an inter-sex, it's simply what a person wants to identify with.
As you said, trans-gender is a person who does not identify with being a man or a woman and an inter-sex is a person who identifies with one of the two genders, but his/her body parts don't typically qualify for it.
If you see it in a way, it can be biologically the same person, but will be called either trans-gender if he/she identifies with neither being male or female, or will be inter-sex if he/she identifies himself/herself as a man/woman, whatever they feel they are closest to.
Why I say the above statement, is because if we go down to the basic homo-sapien gene level, its either XX or XY. The differences happen due to development issues because of various other factors. In transgenders, there are trans-men and trans-women who are men and women at a genetic level but have not developed into the respective gender fully.
And then, we also have men who identify themselves as women and undergo sex-change operations to achieve that, and vice-versa happens too, just saying...
So in Saumya's case, if she identifies herself as a woman, she can call herself as "lacking something". And if she identifies herself as a third gender, neither male nor female, she is a "normal trans-gender" here.
But the problem with our society is that they are not ready to accept anything out of the box. Anyone who is a little different from the typical is placed in a particular category. If we think about the terminology, "kinnar", it literally translates to a trans-woman, i.e., someone who was born with closer resemblance to the male gender but did not fully develop into a man.
Which means, even all transgenders are not kinnars, let alone inter-sex people.
Also the reason I brought up the topic of sexual preference was because of the potential future of Saumya with Harman, meaning that she is not uncomfortable with the idea of living with a man. That does not relate anyway with her gender identity here. A trans-gender, or even an inter-sex person can be attracted to men, women or trans-gender people.
But the question here also is how comfortable would Harman be, living with someone who is not a typical female.
It would be interesting to see if the show progresses in the journey of Saumya trying to prove herself to be no less than a normal female while struggling with society's standards. Or does she fight to gain recognition for who she already is, and be accepted without having to undergo major changes against her will.
Edited by NiharikaMishra - 9 years ago
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