The authorities have taken steps to issue National Identity Cards and Passports to the Transgender Community (males converted to females and females converted to males) in Sri Lanka as per their newly converted gender a Tran gender Activist has revealed yesterday (13).Accordingly those Transgender Community members who have changed their gender status in birth certificates can apply with official documents to get National Identity Cards and Passports indicating their new gender she has stated.
Already few of the Transgender Community members have received the ID's and Passports indicating their new gender status the activist has stressed.
Earlier they have requested the authorities to issue National Identity Cards and Passports by indicating Female Status for males converted to females and male status to females converted to males as they have faced enormous difficulties when casting votes at elections and other official work with their new gender status it has been reported.
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