Transgenders Welcome SC Verdict, Recognizing Transgenders As Third Gender

NEW DELHI, INDIA - APRIL 15: Laxmi Narayan Tripathi (L) of Asia Pacific Transgender Network and other members are elated after the Supreme Court verdict in which it granted recognition to transgenders as third category of sex on April 15, 2014 in New Delhi, India. SC also directed Centre and states to provide facilities of healthcare and education to transgenders, saying they are socially backward community. (Photo by Arun Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)