Trust as a horizon of expectations. The rights of the person and the case of Hijras in India

The challenge of protecting the human rights of everyone is to apply a consistent human rights approach and not to exclude any group of people. This contribution focuses on the human rights situation of transgender persons in India. Their problems within society are serious and often specific to this group alone, while their rights are ignored and neglected. Transgender people experience a high degree of discrimination, intolerance and outright violence. Their basic human rights are violated, including the right to life, the right to physical integrity and the right to health. Understanding the current state of gender relations, in democratic societies, and search how they ought to be improved upon is critical to identify new ways to increase the sustainable measures of trust in representative and participatory democracies.