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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has issued an order permitting transgender people who underwent sex reassignment surgery to change name and gender in SSLC certificates and decided to introduce transgender as the third option for gender in SSLC book Officials of Pariksha Bhavan took the decision based on a petition filed by transgender persons requesting to change their name and gender. The order has stated that only transgender persons who underwent sex reassignment surgery can change their names and gender.However, the transgender community is not happy about the new order. “As per the 2014 judgment of National Legal Service Authority, it is illegal to insist sex reassignment surgery as a condition for changing one’s gender. “We received petitions with medical certificates to prove that they have changed sex through surgery and the government must allow them to mention as transgender person in SSLC book,” said an official of Pariksha Bhavan. Transgender activist Sreemayi said that education department had committed a blunder..