A Bangladeshi hijra – transgender – (L) applies henna on a woman's hand as a part of the first ever nationwide program to observe “Hijra Day” to be held on November 10, in Dhaka on November 9, 2014. On November 10, 2013, the Bangladesh government officially recognised hijras as a separate gender in order to secure their rights, enabling them to identify their gender as “hijra” on all government documents, including passports. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP Photo)
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