There was no gender category.
In parts of south Asia, activists have fought for recognition of a third gender category.
Since then, at least one gay man has received his citizenship card with "both" written under the "gender" category.
In Britain, the Home Office is also considering a third gender category on passports, according to reports.
Blacks and Hispanics lost more years of life because of work than whites did in every education and gender category.
On Tuesday the supreme court of India ruled that transgender people would be recognised on official documents under a seperate "third gender" category.
India's top court has issued a landmark verdict creating a third gender category that allows transgendered people to identify themselves as such on official documents.
"It was fascinating stuff, based on facts, and presented a people who have developed a third gender category to accommodate their ambiguous offspring.
India's supreme court has just given citizens the right to self-identify their gender and has granted legal status to a third gender category.
During the Fifth Avenue Mile road race in 2009, a police officer asked him if he was in the wrong gender category.
And, of course, this case should galvanise state authorities to allow gender‑diverse individuals to change their gender identity (including to a "no gender" category) on official records, even without the requirement for medical intervention.
