Alter šalter screening, lecture and debate

Saturday, March 10th at 18.00, Klub Monokel

TONJA ZADNIK & ERIK BLATNIK: HIJRAS(2006, Slovenia, 10', Slovenian, English and Hindu with Slovenian subtitles)

Often (somewhat misleadingly) called eunuchs in English, Indian hijras may be born intersex or apparently male, dress in feminine clothes and generally see themselves as neither men nor women.

After the Hijras documentary screening, Tonja Zadnik will present her undergraduate thesis in which she compared the hijras status with Western medical and general perception of intersexuality. In the discussion we will speak about the invisibility of intersex people in Slovenia.

Tonja Zadnik (1982) graduated in sociology last year with thesis entitled Intersexuality as a challenge to gender dualism: Indian hijras case study. She has traveled extensively and worked as a reporter for Slovenian National Television (TV SLO1) during her stays in India. She has also worked as a journalist for different media: Gorenjski glas, Radio glas Ljubljane and MQ. She is also an occasional expert collaborator of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Social Sciences.