may be of some interest to this discussion: Quote In the culture of South Asia , hijras ( Hindi : हिजड़ा, Urdu : ہِجڑا , Bengali : হিজড়া, Kannada : ಹಿಜಡಾ, Telugu : హిజ్ర) or chhakka in Kannada, khusra in Punjabi and kojja in Telugu are physiological males who have feminine