`Others' column left unfilled by many transgenders

[Shana A]

`Others' column left unfilled by many transgernders
TNN, Feb 27, 2011, 03.00am IST

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Others-column-left-unfilled-by-many-transgernders/articleshow/7583336.cms

HYDERABAD: The transgender population in Hyderabad is estimated to be a little over 800. But that might not reflect in the latest Census, which is likely to put the total figure at a meagre 100 (approx). For, the new `others' column (in the gender section) introduced in the Census this year for the benefit of transgenders, is being ignored owing to family and peer pressure apart from `identity' issues, claim transgenders in the city.

Though elated at the government's recognition of this section of society, some local transgenders already counted in the 2011 Census confessed that they were forced to tick the `female' box because of parents and friends.