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Eunuchs to indicate their gender as 'other': Election Commission | In a significant decision, the Election Commission of India has decided to allow eunuchs/transsexuals to
indicate their gender as 'other' where they do not want to be described as male or female. Besides the electoral roll, the decision also applies to all other
forms used by the Commission wherein the provisions of indication of gender of
the elector is made, including IT based formats and website. Necessary instructions
have been issued to all Electoral Registration Officers through the Chief Electoral
Officers of all States and Union Territories to give effect to the above decision
of the Commission. Enumerators and Booth Level Officers (BLOs) shall be instructed
to indicate the gender of eunuchs/ transsexuals as 'O' if they so desire, while
undertaking any house-to-house enumeration/verification of any application. Earlier,
the eunuchs were registered either as male or as female, on the basis of the statement
made by the person concerned. This practice was being followed so far for indicating
the sex of the eunuchs in the electoral roll. The decision was taken as the Election
Commission was receiving representations from various individuals and interest
groups, including some students of the Law Faculty of KIIT, Orissa, when the Chief
Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla was addressing the students, to include the
eunuchs in the electoral rolls with an independent identity. |
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