Transsexuals win identity battle
Nirmala Ravindran
Bangalore, November 23, 2009
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First it was the Election Commission and now the universities across the country have suddenly woken up to the fact that India's population includes a few million transsexuals that do not want to be categorised as either male of female.
In a historic move universities like the Shivaji University in Kholapur have taken a lead in asking colleges to admit transsexuals and stop the discrimination against a section of the population. The battle has gone on for over half a century and 62 years after Independence.