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Mar. 21st, 2005 02:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingThe Indian government has officially recognised a third sex.
Henceforth, when you apply for a new passport or renew your old one, in the category 'sex', you have a choice of three genders.
The new "Passport Information Booklet" relating to instructions for filling up application forms, states, "In case of Male/ Female option, please write M or F in the box space provided. For eunuch, please write 'E' in this box."
Human rights activists, too, have welcomed the move. "Sexuality today is no longer restricted to male and female," said Vivek Diwan, of Lawyers Collective.
"Earlier, when hijras applied for a passport, their applications would be rejected on grounds that they were neither male nor female. This is a step in the right direction."
Henceforth, when you apply for a new passport or renew your old one, in the category 'sex', you have a choice of three genders.
The new "Passport Information Booklet" relating to instructions for filling up application forms, states, "In case of Male/ Female option, please write M or F in the box space provided. For eunuch, please write 'E' in this box."
Human rights activists, too, have welcomed the move. "Sexuality today is no longer restricted to male and female," said Vivek Diwan, of Lawyers Collective.
"Earlier, when hijras applied for a passport, their applications would be rejected on grounds that they were neither male nor female. This is a step in the right direction."
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Date: 2005-03-21 07:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-03-21 08:28 pm (UTC)