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Title: India's third gender gets own identity in voter rolls
Post by: Butterfly on November 12, 2009, 01:07:40 PM
Post by: Butterfly on November 12, 2009, 01:07:40 PM
India's third gender gets own identity in voter rolls
CNN
By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN
November 12, 2009
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/india.gender.voting/ (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/india.gender.voting/)
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Indian election authorities Thursday granted what they called an independent identity to intersex and transsexuals in the country's voter lists.
Before, members of these groups -- loosely called eunuchs in Indian English -- were referred to as male or female in the voter rolls.
CNN
By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN
November 12, 2009
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/india.gender.voting/ (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/12/india.gender.voting/)
NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Indian election authorities Thursday granted what they called an independent identity to intersex and transsexuals in the country's voter lists.
Before, members of these groups -- loosely called eunuchs in Indian English -- were referred to as male or female in the voter rolls.