Hey Folks, ever heard of transgender children getting a birth certificate? No, right. But, it’s happening now in India. In a first of its kind, a transgender has been issued a birth certificate by the Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation, said the officials.
Director of Economic and Statistics Department and Chief Registrar (Births and Deaths), Bhanwarlal Bairwa has issued Rajasthan’s first transgender birth certificate to Noor Shekhawat of Jaipur on Wednesday, said officials.
Now, along with the birth records of males and females, the birth records of transgender persons will be available on the corporation’s portal, Bhanwarlal Bhairwa told the media.
Moreover, an awareness programme will also be launched to encourage transgenders to apply for their birth certificates, Bhairwa said.
Noor Shekhawat’s gender was registered as ‘male’ at the time of birth, he added.
Hailing this move, Noor Shekhawat, who passed Class 12 from an English medium school and runs a voluntary organisation for the transgender community, said this initiative will help the government maintain records of transgender persons along with those of disabled persons, men and women.
Further, Shekhawat now plans to urge authorities to provide employment opportunities to the transgender community and reservations in jobs.
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