ABSTRACT
Transgender folklore and autobiographies generate a distinct category of tradition that transgresses social narratives and nurtures an alternative awareness becoming a crucial site in queer studies. The aim of the chapter is two-fold: first, highlighting transgender autobiographies and community’s personal narratives, it brings transgender life and narratives to the fore; and second, highlighting mythological substances, it argues in favour of an inclusive gender discourse. It argues that folk renditions and social narratives contemporize pan-Indian mythical tradition and the community has adapted to changes as the Indian terrain changed from colonial rule to self-governance. In short, this chapter suggests that transgender narratives generate a distinct category of tradition that transgresses social discourses and nurtures an alternative awareness among the group, which becomes a crucial site in women’s and queer studies.
