(a) whether the Government is considering any legislation to provide recognition
of the acquired gender of transgender people;
(b) if so, whether the Government is contemplating any steps to ensure that laws
relating to marriage, rape, inheritance, etc. legally recognise the `third gender`; and
(c) if so, the steps being taken for social inclusion of transgender community
in the country?
MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT(SHRI D. NAPOLEON)
(a) to (c): At present there is no such proposal.
Election Commission of India has issued directions under the provisions of Rule
4 of the registration of Electors Rules, 1960 that in the Forms (Forms 6, 7 & 8 )
relating to enrolment in the electoral roll, eunuchs/transsexual may include their
sex as `others` where they do not want to be described as male or female. The
Commission has also directed the Chief Electoral Officer of all States/UTs to make
necessary modifications in the format of electoral roll and all the forms relating
to enrolment in this regard.