article_snippet: To an outsider, it might be assumed that these hijras - described as 'men minus maleness' - are able to lead peaceful lives without fear of discrimination, but this could not be further from the truth for some.
article_snippet: Hijras live together in houses where a chief or godmother acts as leader.
article_snippet: Hijras live together in houses where a chief or godmother acts as leader.
article_snippet: Hijras wear traditional Indian clothing and apply makeup in makeup transgender homes - which are often small, dark and damp .
article_snippet: Even if they do marry, some hijras do not live with they husbands - perhaps seeing they monthly or as little as once a year - and often the marriages have unhappy endings.
article_snippet: Even if they do marry, some hijras do not live with they husbands - perhaps seeing they monthly or as little as once a year - and often the marriages have unhappy endings .
article_snippet: Hijras often live in poverty - in damp, dark homes with no beds or furniture.
article_snippet: Hijras are described as 'men minus maleness' and face a life of Isolation, begging and prostitution .
highlights_snippet: But Hijras are isolated, labelled freaks and face begging and prostitution .
  