article_snippet: Isolated, labelled as freaks and facing a life of begging and prostitution - meet India's transgender women who have been ostracised from their communities but cling to the dream of finding love.
article_snippet: In India, there are up to 1.2million transgender people, also known as hijras.
article_snippet: In India, there are up to 1.2million transgender people, also known as hijras.
article_snippet: to 1.2million transgender people, also known as hijras are ostracised from to 1.2million transgender people, also known as hijras communities .
article_snippet: The rights of transgender people have maintained a traditional Indian style, in contrast to many middle and upper class women .
article_snippet: The rights of transgender people may be changing, but The rights of transgender people seems discrimination is still rife.
article_snippet: Often known as 'hijras' in South Asia, transgenders are classified as people who have had sex change operations or who regard themselves as the opposite of themselves born gender.
article_snippet: Activists say there are hundreds of thousands of transgender people in India, but because Activists were not legally recognised, Activists faced ostracism, discrimination, abuse and forced prostitution.
highlights_snippet: There are up to 1.2million transgender people, known as hijras, in India .
  