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India's third gender gets own identity in voter rolls

Started by Butterfly, November 12, 2009, 01:07:40 PM

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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/


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.
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