Indonesia's hard Applying the Third Gender in Passport

Jakarta, To recognize the intersex and transgender, Australians have a choice of a third gender in the passport. What about in Indonesia? Do people like that his passport be distinguished from the male and female?

Head of the Population and Family Planning (BKKBN) Sugiri Syarief rate, the existence of a third gender would not be recognized in Indonesia because it is contrary to prevailing norms.

"Ah it's still a long time. Our society can not accept any gender other than male and female. In the constellation of social, it's hard to get recognition in Indonesia," said Sugiri in conversations with reporters at the Office of BKKBN, Halim Perdanakusuma, Friday (16 / 9 / 2011).

Even so Sugiri admit, there are three genders and both need equal rights. Transgender persons are formed due to environmental factors can still be overcome, such as transvestites are conditioned because his parents wanted a daughter and son dressed like that since childhood.

But there are some people who are genetically different, so its existence remains to be appreciated. Although not a formal recognition from the government, the attitude of respect as fellow human beings can be realized by not treating it as discriminatory.

As is known the Australian government will be applying a third gender in the passport. According to the Australian government, this policy has done to respect the rights of transgender and intersex. When examined at the airport, this group is often retained longer due to his appearance is different from the sex listed on the passport.

Not just at the airport, discrimination against transgender and intersex are also common in other places not least in health care. In At the hospital, for example, a transgender in a critical condition does not directly help but instead got a laughingstock because of his appearance is different from gender identity on the card.

Although often considered not normal, in fact there are some people who are born as intersex or having sex is not clear. That is seen from the chromosome as well as secondary sex signs, the person can not be said exclusively as male or female.

There was also a transgender, a psychological tendency does not correspond to physical sex. Transgender persons who later underwent hormone therapy or surgery to adjust his physical with the psychic tendencies referred to as transsexual.

In some countries including Australia, the existence of intersex and transgender gained recognition for guaranteed equal rights. If those rights are not protected, people can get discriminated against because of the different properties of the two sexes are considered more normal that men and women.