A way forward for trans persons Updated: Updated: April 08, 2021 00:07 IST The induction of 13 members of the community into the Chhattisgarh police is an encouraging feat Share Article AAA In this handout photograph taken on March 1, 2021 and released by Chhattisgarh Police on March 3, 2021 newly recruited police constables, who are members of the transgender community, pose for a picture at the state police headquarters in Raipur. | Photo Credit: AFP The induction of 13 members of the community into the Chhattisgarh police is an encouraging feat No less than 13 members of the transgender community have been selected recently as constables under the Chhattisgarh police. This is truly historic and thrilling for a community that had no legal recognition till the Supreme Court in NALSA vs. Union of India (2014) ruled that transgender persons have the right to decide their self-identified gender.