Kothi (gender)

Type of transgender in India

In the Indian subcontinent, a kothi is a term for a man or boy who takes on an "effeminate" role in same-sex relationships, often with a desire to be the receptive partner in sexual intercourse.[1][2] The origins of the term are unclear. The original meaning was intended as a slur, similar to "fag" or "sissy."[2][page needed] Local equivalents include durani (Kolkata), menaka (Cochin), meti (Nepal), and zenana (Pakistan).[citation needed] The male partners who perform the penetrative acts are known as panthi.[3][4]

Kothis differ from hijras as they do not live in the kind of intentional communities that hijras usually live in. They are similar to the hijra in that they may take a same-sex lover for a period of time, and they may perform sexual favors for men through prostitution.[1]

Other sources state that the term kothi is an all-encompassing term for males in India who do not conform to their social gender, where the term kothi would include the identity of hijra, among others.[5]

## See also

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* Tamil sexual minorities

## References

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1. ^ a b Knight, Kyle G.; Flores, Andrew R.; Nezhad, Sheila J. (2015-02-01). "Surveying Nepal's Third Gender: Development, Implementation, and Analysis". TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. 2 (1): 101–122\. doi:10.1215/23289252-2848904. ISSN 2328-9252.
2. ^ a b Wong, Angela; Wickramasinghe, Maithree; hoogland, renee; Naples, Nancy A, eds. (2016-04-30). The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. doi:10.1002/9781118663219. ISBN 978-1-118-66321-9.
3. ^ Chatterjee, Shraddha (2018-08-01). "Transgender Shifts". TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. 5 (3): 311–320\. doi:10.1215/23289252-6900696. ISSN 2328-9252. S2CID 150455925.
4. ^ Sharma, Preetika (2018-10-26), "In-between the planned grid", The Production of Alternative Urban Spaces, Routledge, pp. 153–168, doi:10.4324/9781315103952-9, ISBN 9781315103952, S2CID 134847792, retrieved 2021-10-22
5. ^ Stief, Matthew (January 2017). "The Sexual Orientation and Gender Presentation of Hijra, Kothi, and Panthi in Mumbai, India". Archives of Sexual Behavior. 46 (1): 73–85\. doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0886-0. ISSN 0004-0002. PMID 27878410. S2CID 44767139.

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