Intersectionality in transgender autobiographies: A study of A. Revathi and Laxmi Narayan Tripathi

Mandeep Kaur

doi:10.22161/ijels.v2.n4.1

Abstract

This paper examines the idea of intersectionality in transgender autobiographies focusing on the writings of Laxmi Narayan Tripathi and A. Revathi. The research explores the ways in which gender identity related with caste, class, patriarchy, social exclusion and cultural discrimination that influences transgender in Indian society. Kimberlee Crenshaws theory has been basis of my paper and it examines the different kinds of discrimination in these autobiographies. The paper shows the struggle that transgender people go through and they want people treated them with dignity and they have rights as others. By looking at these stories and the social issues surrounding them this is about the idea what is meaning of man or woman. It also emphasizes the challenges of identity, dignity, acceptance and human rights encountered by transgender community. The study concludes that intersectionality provides an important perspective for understanding the complex realities of marginalised identities in contemporary literature and society.

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