Transgenders as `third gender` |
Transgenders will soon be categorised as "third gender" and be eligible for welfare benefits including reservations in jobs and education in india. They would also be able to choose their gender after undergoing sex-change surgery.The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill puts the "third gender" at par with weaker communities like SC/STs and OBCs to end discrimination against them.The Union cabinet approved the legislation piloted by social justice and empowerment minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot , paving the way for its introduction in the ongoing session of Parliament. The recent Supreme Court ruling clarifying that homosexuals are not transgenders helped seal the proposal.The government has also kept open the provision to put transgenders in the OBC category.
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