On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of Narendra Modi approved The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2016. Through this bill, the government has evolved a mechanism for their social, economic and educational empowerment. Before that, the Supreme Court came up with a clarification stating that only transgender and not gays, lesbians and bisexuals belong to the third gender. Both these developments have raised a lot of confusion in the trans community of Kolkata. While some of their voter cards show their identity as female and not other category, they also want the perks that a transgender person gets.
Reported by IndiaTimes 2 hours ago.
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