Sex or sex assigned at birth refers to the characteristics which may be rooted in biology (genitals, chromosomes, hormones, ovaries or testes). It could be made up of your gender identity (how you feel about your own gender), your gender expression (how you express this gender to the world through your life choices, clothes, pronouns, mannerisms and so much more). Most cultures that were colonised by Europeans follow the norm of there being only two genders — man and woman — aka the “gender binary”. they don’t identify with any gender at all), gender fluid (may experience varying gender identities at different times) or just broadly non-binary. The hijra community is one of many such communities that exist outside the gender binary in our south Asian subcontinent, and goes beyond gender to be a socio-cultural identity.

Source: The Telegraph July 10, 2023 18:19 UTC