NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — Indian election authorities Thursday granted what they called an independent identity to intersex and transsexuals in the country’s voter lists.
Before, members of these groups — loosely called eunuchs in Indian English — were referred to as male or female in the voter rolls.
But now, they will have the choice to tick “O” — for others — when indicating their gender in voter forms, the Indian election commission said in a statement.
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