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India\u2019s 2011 national census, which goes into the field this week, includes not just the usual two gender categories, but for the first time a third one, called \u201cother<\/a>.\u201d \u00a0The national census in Nepal<\/a>, to be conducted in May, also will include three gender options, prompted by a ruling by that nation\u2019s highest court ordering greater protections for the rights of transgender, gay and lesbian and bisexual people.<\/p>\n\n

As this posting from the Population Reference Bureau explains, \u00a0the \u201cthird sex\u201d is not a recent concept in many parts of the world<\/a>, although the change on the census form has generated many stories in the Indian press.<\/p>\n\n

The U.S. census form, as shown here<\/a>, offers the standard two options, male and female.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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