India recognizes transgender citizens as "third gender"

[stan.smith]

Ironically INDIA is the 1st country to officially recognize transgendered people as a third gender. just saw it on the news. hopefully other countries will follow it just as they followed the kamasutra!!!


http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/04/15/india-now-recognizes-transgender-citizens-as-third-gender/?tid=hp_mm

[saifan]

Who does this 3rd gender benefit though?

[stan.smith]

Who does this 3rd gender benefit though?

transgendered people. the Indian Supreme Court has given equal rights to "third gender" citizens. incidentally there was just a thread on Indian Transexuals

[saifan]

OK. I am way out of the loop. I guess legally changing your gender from M to F or vice versa isn't an option in India?

[stan.smith]

OK. I am way out of the loop. I guess legally changing your gender from M to F or vice versa isn't an option in India?

HAHAHA no! and it just isn't to change the gender of a license or passport from M to F. its more of actually accepting a society for what it really is and for more than 50 million or more to be identified as equal to everyone else makes a big dent at least in the Indian govt/society/culture. as a joke and to simplify it its like having a mens females and tgirls bathroom and lockerooms without the actual bathrooms lol

[saifan]

HAHAHA no! and nowhere in the world. to simplify it its like having a mens females and tgirls bathroom and lockerooms without the actual bathrooms lol

Excepting the US, right?

[stan.smith]

i edited the post :)

[TSaddicted]

That's great news. Hopefully other countries do follow suit.

[amberskyi]

I prefer the U.S. where I can legally live my life as a woman and not a third gender.I personally see myself as a woman and not other

[SpoogeMonkey]

I prefer the U.S. where I can legally live my life as a woman and not a third gender.I personally see myself as a woman and not other

and yet some 'transgendered persons' on here will disagree.

ts civil war is coming..

[Jericho]

and yet some 'transgendered persons' on here will disagree.

ts civil war is coming..

Are there going to be reenactments of the battles of Cockpit Point and Ball's Bluff? :hide-1:

[amberskyi]

and yet some 'transgendered persons' on here will disagree.

ts civil war is coming..

Thats awesome for them

[APD2]

A lot of people in India and Pakistan will have seen hijrahs(transgendered and intersexed people),come out to give their blessings, when a boy is born in a household, or ,at weddings,where they sing and dance .People usually give them money ,for good luck and to avoid creating trouble ,sending them on their way. It's a tradition that has probably gone on for many centuries

i think most mtf transsexuals in India would prefer to be legally considered females ,than live in the no-man's land of a third sex,which has been Indian society's traditional view of them.

Let's get this clear,this judgement by the Indian supreme court is not as progressive or radical, at it first might seem.

[amberskyi]

A lot of people in India and Pakistan will have seen hijrahs(transgendered and intersexed people),come out to give their blessings, when a boy is born in a household, or ,at weddings,where they sing and dance .People usually give them money ,for good luck and to avoid creating trouble ,sending them on their way. It's a tradition that has probably gone on for many centuries

i think most mtf transsexuals in India would prefer to be legally considered females ,than live in the no-man's land of a third sex,which has been Indian society's traditional view of them.

Let's get this clear,this judgement by the Indian supreme court is not as progressive or radical, at it first might seem.

Someone gets it :) xoxo

[sukumvit boy]

HAHAHA no! and it just isn't to change the gender of a license or passport from M to F. its more of actually accepting a society for what it really is and for more than 50 million or more to be identified as equal to everyone else makes a big dent at least in the Indian govt/society/culture. as a joke and to simplify it its like having a mens females and tgirls bathroom and lockerooms without the actual bathrooms lol

:joke:Have you ever seen an Indian bathroom? Don't go there.
Seriously though, we touched upon some of these issues in the "Trans in Mongolia " thread in the Politics And Religion forum. Bad situation for them there and although they are 'accepted' in Thailand , their legal status is hazy ,at best.
Of course , Thailand has denied official citizenship to the 'Hill Tribe' people in the North for the last 75 years or so. It is just recently that a movement is afoot to correct that horrible situation.
So , any enhancement to the legal status of transgender people in India , imho , is a good thing.