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Fearing loss of claim on property, transgenders sidestep Aadhaar

<p>Members of the community are wary of revealing their gender identity during enrolment, as this might impede their right to a share of ancestral property, since most succession laws recognise potential inheritors as male and female</p>

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“We are concerned that if we mention TG as our gender on Aadhaar, we will be denied our property rights i.e. inheritance from parents or other relatives. We are, anyway, not treated at par with siblings by our families.


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Many from the community changed their names when they moved to Pune; so the names on their ration cards would be different.

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