Which of the following statements are true for 'third gender'?

A. It is a social category of person who are neither male nor female.
B. All third gender people join the hijra community
C. The third gender persons gets legal recognition in India
D. A third gender person can nominate themselves to contest in elections in India

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A, C and D only

The correct answer is Option (2) → A, C and D only

Third Gender – Third gender refers to that social category of persons who are neither male nor female (A). In fact this category presents the persons having alternates of both genders–male and female. The identification of our self as third gender is based on self–understanding however in various situations. This identification is made by group, family and society. Now the third gender persons get the legal recognition. In India a third gender person can nominate themself to contest in elections (Parliament/ Assembly/Local government (C and D).

B. All third gender people join the hijra community. This statement is false. While "hijra" is a recognized community in India under the third gender category, it is not the only way for people to identify within the third gender spectrum. Individuals can have diverse identities and may not choose to associate with any specific community.

Trans Gender – In general ‘male body’ and ‘female body’ as social unit are unchanging identity but due to so many researches in the field of physiology, the notion of the body is now liked with ‘choice structure’. By using surgical procedures male body can be converted into female body or female body into male body. It means gender indentites can be chosen willingly. Transgender as concept, thus, refers to conversions of gender status of body into opposite gender by using choice or certain compulsions.