Transgender is an umbrella term for individuals whose gender identity or gender expression is different from their natal sex. In recent year’s transgender people across class, culture, ethnicity, religion and other various demographics are receiving lot of public attention. Lot of research work has disclosed on structural oppression, social ostracisation faced by the transgender population at large. In this study, we will emphasise on coping and experience of resilience in the transgender people. Resilience can be termed as the capacity of a dynamic system to adapt to threats in the vitality, development or functioning of that system. Thus this qualitative study will focus on resilience, using narrative data and citing two case studies from the respective population. The discussion will be on their unique challenges and their experiences in being resilient despite the everyday challenges they encounter.

Keywords: Transgender, Culture, Ethnicity, Religion, Social Ostracisation.