Interesting BBC article on transpeople in India

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5047796.stm

I was checking the BBC news site two days ago and saw this article on transgenders/eunuchs/aruvanis in India.  The aruvanis' plan towards for movement towards the mainstream looks like a mistake to me.  To "dress down, tone down [their] speech, even desist from the commonly misunderstood practice of 'clapping' and negotiate with people in work and social settings" seems more like a movement to suppress one's gender identity and expression than to embrace it.  In the office the other day, Tyrone, the GenderYOUTH co-coordinator, said, "Acceptance of a group of people should not be contingent upon how similar they are to the dominant group."  What do you guys think?

-Sara