Pakistan's Transgender Tax Collectors

[Spork]

Does adding a third gender category for all trans people on national id cards further isolate trans people?

I thought this is what many people have asked in several parts of the world. Some might want a third option, while others want to be legally recognized as male/female. Now, if those who want to change their legal gender are put into the third category, with no other option, I wouldn't agree with it. As long as there's a choice, I agree.

As for the article... Well, I'm quite mixed about it. One the one hand, a government job seems better than being a beggar or sex worker. On the other hand, it's sad that they could only come up with that. There are many more jobs that trans people could do.

But society is usually gradual. Who knows. Today they're being paid for this, and it's better than nothing.

Knowing that in my town there's a trans woman who lives in the streets, I would rather she had this job than nothing. I'm sure those women in the article feel the same.

Some of us are really lucky, and might never be able to understand or go through those situations.