In a unique victory for transgenders, the Chandigarh administration has allowed them to add a separate prefix to their names to denote their identity. The identity, to be noted as Mx, can now be used by transgenders when filling up administrative or admission forms. The decision was taken recently at the Transgender Welfare Board meeting where a 14-member panel pushed the long pressing demand of transgenders to be recognised as a third identity. They said the new official identity would help the society in learning to accept transgenders, and hopefully cut down on the discrimination that they faced. "As I was neither male or female, I and other transgenders were beaten and molested by male students when I joined university.

Source: dna October 26, 2017 01:30 UTC