The socially constructed notion of ‘self’ requires one to derive the idea of ‘self’ from the body one is born with. The transgender community presents an antithesis to this dominant idea and practice. The term "transgender," being an umbrella category, encompasses diverse people with diverse notions about self, self-expression, and sexuality. It is a social group with its own histories, nomenclature, beliefs, and practices. In India itself, transgenders are known by different names in different