This article seeks to comprehend the individual and structural dynamics that govern the relationship between the agents of the state and marginalized individuals and groups, specifically transgender and gender-diverse persons. Through interviews conducted with self-identified Hijra and trans women in Delhi, the article finds that most police violence and harassment happens on the streets, and not in prisons as is the dominant narrative. The interviews also demonstrate that violence directed at transgender persons by the state is largely not dependent on legal provisions, and that law enforcement officials are allowed to act with impunity. Finally, the article also critically examines the interactions between transgender persons and the police. Using the “everyday” framework from queer theory, the article draws on the relationality of power and queer persons' resistance to, and negotiation with, various dimensions of power in their daily lives. The article recognizes that Hijra and trans women are not passive entities without agency upon whom violence is enacted; they are able to reclaim the same public spaces that seek to govern their nonheteronormative behaviors and lifestyles. Through their negotiations with police officials, they continue to challenge the hegemonic and heteronormative regulations of the state.

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协商暴力：法律的日常琐事

本文力求了解控制国家行为者与边缘化个人和群体之间的关系的个体和结构动力，特别是跨性别者和性别多样化者。通过在德里与自称身份的Hijra和跨性别妇女进行的采访，文章发现大多数警察的暴力和骚扰发生在街头，而不是监狱里，这是主要的叙述。访谈还表明，国家针对跨性别者的暴力行为在很大程度上不依赖法律规定，并且执法人员可以不受惩罚地采取行动。最后，本文还批判性地研究了跨性别者与警察之间的互动。利用酷儿理论中的“每天”框架，本文利用权力的关系和酷儿在日常生活中对权力的各个方面的抵制和协商。该条承认，希杰拉妇女和跨性别妇女不是没有暴力行为依据的被动实体；他们能够收回试图控制其非异性行为和生活方式的公共空间。通过与警察官员的谈判，他们继续挑战国家的霸权和异规范。他们能够收回试图控制其非异性行为和生活方式的公共空间。通过与警察官员的谈判，他们继续挑战国家的霸权和异规范。他们能够收回试图控制其非异性行为和生活方式的公共空间。通过与警察官员的谈判，他们继续挑战国家的霸权和异规范。