Because they frisked her at the airport "like she were a man", Anuprabha Das Mazumder made sure her Aadhaar card got her gender right. Here's how she fulfilled this almost impossible task...
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00:00Biologically, I was born as a male.
00:24That's why all my legal documents from my childhood were written in male.
00:33And my first name was written.
00:54When I reached Kolkata airport, I saw two queues.
01:10One for men and one for women.
01:14So I asked the security person, I am a transgender person, where should I go?
01:22He didn't even know about this term.
01:29I had to explain to him what is transgender.
01:33At that time, everyone at the airport was looking at me.
01:55Can you imagine if a cisgender woman was openly checked for metal sticks all over her body, what would happen to her?
02:25After that, I emailed the Aadhaar Authority.
02:53Two months later, I got a reply that we didn't know about this.
02:59I applied for a voter card and time card through Aadhaar.
03:21I got both.