The Supreme Court of India ruled Tuesday, "It is the right of every human being to choose their gender" and that people of a "third gender" should be given the rights of citizens. The decision in National Legal Services Authority v. Union of India was written and approved by two different justices than the ones who, in December, upheld the country's laws against same-sex sexual relations. But this latest opinion concluded, "We, therefore, conclude that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity includes any discrimination, exclusion, restriction or preference, which has the effect of nullifying or transposing equality by the law or the equal protection of laws guaranteed under our Constitution, and hence we are inclined to give various directions to safeguard the constitutional rights of the members of the [transgender] community."
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India Recognizes 'Third Gender'
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