Situation of third gender in Pokhara Valley
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Department of Sociology
Abstract
This study aims to find out the situation of third gender (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender and Intersexual) people living in Pokhara Valley. The specific objectives
of this study are: to know the socio-economic and to explore stigmazation society and
identity discrimination faced by third gender people. For this purpose, selfadministered
interview
were
taken
out
by
eighteen
seven
respondents
in
Pokhara
Valley.
The
interview
was
taken
by
using
snow
ball
sampling
method.
Among
them
10
particular
respondents
were
selected
for
case
studies.
Although there were change of society and their behavior towards third gender
people, still they are getting lots of problems. Most of the respondents had nothing as
their ownership. Respondents were involved in sex work as their main occupation
while two fifth searched stage show program. It is found that there were some positive
changes about third gender that more than three fourth of the respondents were job
holder.
Third gender people from ethnic group were highly disclosed their gender identity
comparative to other castes. However, more than half of the respondents never wanted
to expose their own identity. All of them have reported that main cause of hiding own
gender identity was the fear of ignorance from family. Similarly, There were less no.
of third gender respondents who arrested by police just due to their gender identity.
Further, half of the respondents got normal behavior from family. In context of last
election, there were more than half respondents who did not have voting card but very
few had voting card with their own gender identity. More than half of the respondents
never informed about their own gender identity to physicians during checkup because
the respondents were getting problem of ignorance for checkup. Very few respondents
had citizenship card with their own gender identity.
Most of the respondents responded that they did not have rule of homophobia at
school. It means there were no any securities about their right. But there were found
that disclosed respondents felt safety than hidden respondents at school. Almost all
respondents have view about positive social change about them. Majority of third
gender people used drug/alcohol. Most of the respondents did not have knowledge
about their health. This study suggests the state to provide easy environment for citizenship card to third
gender people according to their gender identification. State should also provide
opportunity for work in different sector as normal people. State should provide equal
rights to the third gender people like other people.