"When the Indian Supreme Court acknowledged that gender is a non-binary form of identity that goes beyond male and female, the victory came as a nice surprise to many."
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"India's Supreme Court has recognised transgender people as a third gender, in a landmark ruling that may offer gay people a glimmer of hope. It is the right of every human being to choose their gender," the court said in granting rights to those who identify themselves as neither male nor female. The court ordered the government to provide transgender people with quotas in jobs and education in line with other minorities, as well as key amenities."
There are many issues that need to be fixed in India. But there are also many areas where India is far far more progressive than the US, at the very least.
And this change has been accompanied by a social movement; should be faster, but change is happening.
[1]https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-history-of-indias-t...
[2]https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/16/india-transgende...