Transgenders are recognized third gender in India Now! Salutations to our Supreme Court for this landmark judgement

I AM A TRANSGENDER

I was born this way

it's not my fault or I asked

but its the way God created me

its not my parents fault

I closed my eyes in shame

I could not smile like I want

We had a different stupid fame

no one about us ever thought

I wanted to go to school

But my parents did not know what to fill

in the forms that said Male or Female

I was abandoned from the social

There was no one to share

No one to talk or care

We were thought as a curse

and pushed out of our homes

We lived in the streets

along with other unfortunate friends

We giggled together

Dressed up like women

and spoke like men

We dragged the passengers in the trains

for the few coins they throw ed at us

I was pushed in to prostitution

for that's the only entitled institution

to feed our hunger and live in homes

We had no health care 

We had no voting right

We had no ration cards

We lived like that we almost never existed

The Vedic culture of India

recognized us ages ago

The heritage of India in epics

showed us a godly form with respect

But the very people who believed

in the unseen gods and adages

throwed us mercilessly on streets

We were not entitled to jobs

not to the basic educational rights

Talking to us was a taboo

We were the cursed lot

As transgenders we had our own ways

dealing with health issues

and unpredictable hormonal changes

social or moral issues

denied the basic human rights

We fought for our own rights

Long was the fierce battle

for survival with respect and dignity

Alas! At Last! The great judges

of Our Highest Court in the country

recognized us as a third gender

We don't need to struggle to fill 

if we are males or females

We can proudly fill the third gender

We don't need to hesitate to use toilets

We will have our own washrooms

I can educate myself

for a better tomorrow

I can deal with my own life

not at the mercy of the others

Yes, we are not the beggars or prostitutes

We are Human Beings!

Just born in a different Way!