India’s Journey Towards Inclusive Employment: The Transgender Person’s Act
Recognition of the transgender population of India was achieved after the census of 2011. For the first time, the male and female bifurcation was adjusted to include another identification, the “Others.” Although these codes weren’t perfect, they were a step in the right direction. In 2011, these codes recorded 487,803 individuals who did not identify as male or female. This ultimately created space for the Transgender Person’s Act.