An Exploration of the Social Identity of Transgender People in Pakistan
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2020
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UMT, Lahore
Abstract
This research study examines a social issue within the field of governance, the intersection of public policy within khawaja sira identity. This research thesis addresses transgender social identity’s intersection with social acceptance, institutional normative, economic livelihood opportunities and unacceptability in religion and the current social and legal framework in the Pakistan. This research also explores how these socially marginalized individuals’ faces biases and received unequal and not equitable policy treatment. This research focuses on a marginalized heterogeneous social group khawaja sira who culturally defined neither women nor men. This research frames transgender experience from a social context, rather than the medical or clinical lens in which it is often considered regarding research on third gender or non conforming gender. This thesis explores research questions related to social identity issues and self identity of khawaja sira. Exploratory research design has been used to explore different experience of social exclusion and discrimination due to stigmatization faced by khawaja sira community for this research study. The research participants spoke about some of the major forms of exclusion which are stigmatization, discrimination, harassment, physical & verbal abuse and familial ostracisation. The social constructionism perspective and labeling theory are used as theoretical framework. This research qualitative in nature and the method of thematic analysis was used to understand the subjective experiences of this stigmatized group.