Delhi govt welfare scheme application forms to include 'third gender' option, says ministerDelhi government welfare schemes will now include a "third gender" option on application forms, as announced by Social Welfare Minister Rav...
18 Apr, 2025, 07.23 PM IST
US immigration will only recognize 2 genders going forwardUSCIS is eliminating the Biden-era third gender option on immigration forms, recognizing only male and female. The change follows Trump’s e...
03 Apr, 2025, 12.43 PM IST
Transgender identity certificate will be treated as valid documentation for PAN: Centre to SCThe Supreme Court has been informed that a 'certificate of identity' issued by the district magistrate under the Transgender Persons (Prote...
29 Aug, 2024, 01.25 PM IST
In a first, US introduces 'third gender' option in immigration formsUSCIS introduced the gender option "X" on Form N-400 from April 1, 2024, accommodating individuals identifying beyond traditional male and ...
02 Apr, 2024, 06.03 PM IST
Passport to acceptance? LGBTQ+ travellers wary about gender-neutral IDsThe United States issued its first "X" passport last year to Dana Zzyym, who is non-binary and intersex - born with atypical sex characteri...
04 Feb, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
United States issues its 1st passport with 'X' gender markerThe department did not identify the passport recipient, but Dana Zzyym, an intersex activist from Fort Collins, Colorado, told The Associat...
28 Oct, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
CBDT amends PAN application form to include third gender optionAccording to notification issued dated April 9, 2018, Form 49A and Form 49AA, will now also have the option of transgender, along with the ...
10 May, 2018, 10.20 AM IST
Railway forms will now carry `T' option for transgendersIn a letter to all zonal railways, the board has said that ticket booking and cancellation forms will be modified from the current option o...
31 Oct, 2017, 11.20 AM IST
Third gender: Railways, IRCTC include transgender in reservation formsThe decision which was taken on a representation made by a lawyer will include the facility for both online as well offline.
27 Nov, 2016, 10.32 AM IST
Railways, IRCTC include transgender as third genderThe ministry in its circular referred to the direction of the apex court of April 2014, which had said that hijras, eunuchs, apart from bin...
27 Nov, 2016, 10.04 AM IST
LIC introduces third gender option in its proposal form; move cleared by IRDATill now, policy buyers could choose between ‘male’ and ‘female’ as gender options. Now transgender applicants can opt for the ‘third gende...
25 Feb, 2016, 05.13 PM IST
Third gender category for transgenders in UPSC exam only after SC clarification: UPSC tells Delhi HCDoPT told the HC that once the apex court clarifies the issue, then it can frame rules for the benefit of transgenders, which includes rese...
17 Jun, 2015, 01.27 PM IST
Why transgender not an option in civil service exam form: Delhi HCThe PIL, filed by advocate Jamshed Ansari, has also sought addition or inclusion of transgender as an eligibility criteria or gender option...
15 Jun, 2015, 06.16 PM IST
Delhi University, Jamia Millia Islamia include third gender category in student application formsDelhi University and Jamia Millia Islamia have announced inclusion of a third gender category in all kinds of student application forms.
29 Apr, 2015, 08.00 PM IST
'Other' gender option in JNUSU election nomination formsJNU has introduced an option of 'third gender' in the nomination forms of students' union elections to be held on September 12.
01 Sep, 2014, 04.53 PM IST
Delhi University introduces 'transgender' category for PG admissionDelhi University has introduced an option of choosing the transgender category in the admission forms for the post graduate courses.
13 Aug, 2014, 03.26 PM IST
- UGC opens all its scholarships for third gender candidates
The UGC notification follows the April 2014 SC judgment that carved out an independent status for the third gender.
03 Aug, 2014, 11.06 AM IST