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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | Mayor of Katni from 2000-2002, being the first transgender prefect in the history of India. Forced to vacate the office when his election was nullified because the post could only be held by women. Folk traditions hold eunuchs to be neither men nor women, but members of a "third sex." | + | Mayor of Katni from 2000-2002, being the first transgender prefect in the history of India. Forced to vacate the office when his election was nullified because the post could only be held by women. Folk traditions hold eunuchs to be neither men nor women, but members of a "third sex." In 2003, the High Court upheld that Kamla Jaan was not a “woman” and hence she was asked to step down from the post of mayor, reserved for a female candidate. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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* [[Mayor]] | * [[Mayor]] | ||
* [[First Out Elected Politicians]] | * [[First Out Elected Politicians]] | ||
| + | * [[Transgender Politicians]] | ||
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:27, 16 January 2019
Country
India
Birth - Death
1954 -
Occupation
Politics, Activist
Description
Mayor of Katni from 2000-2002, being the first transgender prefect in the history of India. Forced to vacate the office when his election was nullified because the post could only be held by women. Folk traditions hold eunuchs to be neither men nor women, but members of a "third sex." In 2003, the High Court upheld that Kamla Jaan was not a “woman” and hence she was asked to step down from the post of mayor, reserved for a female candidate.
