Ambiguity in queer resistance movements
A study on transgender reality
Keywords:
Transgenderism, Hermaphrodites, Hijras, Literature, Science and ReligionAbstract
The scholar discusses the discourse on Transgenderism and its upliftment with the support of Literature, Science, and Religion. Arundhati Roy’s novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness sounds for the protection and freedom of the Hermaphrodites through the story of Afthab who changed his name to Anjum later. Here the scholar put forward the scientific and religious perspective into the topic, considering the up-to-date fatwas by jurists and the stands of modern science. Arundhati Roy explains the real situations of the marginalized people, the so-called Hijras. The paper explores the different verses in the Quran and the relevant hadiths that are stated in the contemporary discussion, and what literature says and what science says to protect this gender identity. This critique is separated into three main parts: in the first part, I discuss the concepts which has been discussed in the work of Arundhati Roy with some examples from society. In the second part, the scholar presents the sources of religious law, namely the religious texts say on the topic and significant semantic terminology.
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