Abstract

The socio-economic progress of the transgender population in Japan and India. Every area of a person’s life is
influenced by their gender. Gender is pre-determined into two categories like Male and Female, both socially and
physiologically. A different category that describes certain human traits is gender. The fundamental significance of
those rights from a cultural, social, and ethical standpoint has been the focus of the growing global attention to
concerns of human rights for transgender peoples and other sexual minorities during the last few decades. Gendervariant males – who in modern times would have been referred to as “transgender women”—had a long history in
Asian countries. People who identify as transgender have long been a part of Indian culture. In India, transgender
persons deal with a wide range of issues. Transgender groups have not yet been allowed to participate meaningfully
in politics, decision-making, the business, or social and cultural life. Beginning with the Meiji restoration, and
largely as a result of the introduction of new “medical and psychological discourses” from Europe, Japan’s attitude
towards sexual minorities underwent a change during the 20th century. Previously more accepting, this attitude
gradually evolved into one that was more critical.In Japan, members of the transgender community have historically
been viewed and portrayed as abnormal, and mainstream society and the law have failed to recognize them at all
until recently. Transgender people and other sexual minorities were primarily seen from an “otherness” perspective
that focused on “highlighting their difference from ‘normal’ people.” Many nations deny transgender people their
basic civil rights as well as legal recognition, equality, and protection.