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Collectorate demanding reservation and to permit alternate genders to appear for examinations conducted by TNPSC, UPSC, SSC and Bank Exams. She later filed a petition at the
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gender identity. As a result of this decision, Swapna and
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196:"'No equality under law'"
273:Indian transgender women
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