A legislation to empower transgenders by recognizing them as a special category with rights would be brought in the monsoon session of Parliament, social justice minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot said on Thursday. The bill is likely to deal with social inclusion, rights and entitlements, skill development and prevention of abuse for transgenders. The issue of the rights of transgenders shot into focus when the Supreme Court in April 2014 recognized the group as "third category", ruling that they would have access to basic rights like education and employment. Till then, transgenders had to identify themselves as "male" or "female".
