'My driver's license refers to me as woman who was man'

[Shana A]

 'My driver's license refers to me as woman who was man'

Press Trust of India , Updated: August 06, 2010 15:22 IST

http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/my-driver-s-license-refers-to-me-as-woman-who-was-man-42468

Mumbai:  Although born in a male body, Revathi who always considered herself a woman and even underwent a sex reassignment surgery to reaffirm her sexuality has landed in an identity crisis all in the name of a driver's license. Her unique driver's license sports two names and no gender specification.

"I finally had my driving license. The license did not specify whether I was male or female. Instead it referred to me as 'Revathi who is Doraisamy', says A Revathi whose autobiography ' The Truth About me: A hijra life story ' has been released recently.

[Keroppi]

*Sigh*

But then, it's not much different to what they (apparently) do in Hong Kong. Hong Kong ID card (which is compulsory to obtain & carry) contain a field for gender, which they are willing to change. However, a B get added postfixed to the ID card's number if the DOB, gender or place of birth is different to the person's birth certificate. Since the other two can't be changed, they might as well have transgender written in large characters. Hong Kong passport have a page which list one's ID card number, so I'm guessing that applies to the passport as well, though the number is not on the photo page.