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Title: Response to TN govt scheme 'overwhelming'
Post by: Shana A on March 15, 2008, 05:26:20 PM
Post by: Shana A on March 15, 2008, 05:26:20 PM
Response to TN govt scheme 'overwhelming'
16 Mar 2008, 0301 hrs IST,TNN
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Response_to_TN_govt_scheme_overwhelming/articleshow/2870041.cms (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Response_to_TN_govt_scheme_overwhelming/articleshow/2870041.cms)
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government's decision to include the third gender in ration cards also paves the way for transsexuals, who have fallen off the state welfare nets because there is no official space for them to exist, to eventually write 'T' against the sex column while applying for admission to educational institutions or government hospitals.
Incidentally, the Tamil Nadu government on December 21, 2006, had issued an order offering free sex reconstruction surgery for transgenders after counselling.
16 Mar 2008, 0301 hrs IST,TNN
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Response_to_TN_govt_scheme_overwhelming/articleshow/2870041.cms (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Response_to_TN_govt_scheme_overwhelming/articleshow/2870041.cms)
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu government's decision to include the third gender in ration cards also paves the way for transsexuals, who have fallen off the state welfare nets because there is no official space for them to exist, to eventually write 'T' against the sex column while applying for admission to educational institutions or government hospitals.
Incidentally, the Tamil Nadu government on December 21, 2006, had issued an order offering free sex reconstruction surgery for transgenders after counselling.
Title: Re: Response to TN govt scheme 'overwhelming'
Post by: NicholeW. on March 15, 2008, 05:40:10 PM
Post by: NicholeW. on March 15, 2008, 05:40:10 PM
Are they giving away a third gender, Z? :)
Nichole
Nichole
Title: Re: Response to TN govt scheme 'overwhelming'
Post by: Shana A on March 15, 2008, 06:36:17 PM
Post by: Shana A on March 15, 2008, 06:36:17 PM
Quote from: Nichole on March 15, 2008, 05:40:10 PM
Are they giving away a third gender, Z? :)
Nichole
No Nichole, they're just ration cards for 3rd gender people :(
If they were giving away 3rd genders, I'd be on the next plane ;) :D
Z