With a tight budget and a humble autorickshaw, an Indian transgender is campaigning in her southern hometown for a seat in Sansad — the parliament in India — just days after the country’s highest court recognized “third gender” people.
Describing the Supreme Court judge’s ruling as a “milestone,” 53-year-old Bharathi Kannamma hopes to build on the momentum and overturn prejudices against India’s several million transgender people.
Running as an independent candidate in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu state, she is thought to be the first transgender accepted as a candidate in a general election.
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In the Supreme Court ruling on April 15, the judge said a person can be legally recognized as gender-neutral, and transgenders should be included in government welfare schemes offered to other minority groups.
Kannamma is positive the judgment will help transgenders access education and employment opportunities, which in turn would help them contribute to their families’ earnings.
(Liberty Times)
就在印度最高法院承認「第三性」的數天後，一位印度變性人在她南部家鄉參選國會議員，但她手頭緊，只有一輛簡陋的機動三輪車。
聲稱最高法院法官的判決是個「里程碑」，五十三歲的巴拉蒂‧卡娜瑪希望進一步擴大這股聲勢，扭轉對於印度數百萬變性者的偏見。
做為泰米爾納德邦馬杜賴市的獨立候選人，她被視為第一個被接納為大選候選人的變性人。
在最高法院四月十五日的判決中，法官說一個人可以合法地被認定為性別中立，而且變性人應該被納入政府提供給其他少數族群的福利計畫中。
卡娜瑪肯定這項裁決將有助於變性人取得教育與就業機會，進而幫助他們提高家庭收入。
（自由時報／翻譯：詹立群）
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