The 18-year old South African runner, Caster Semenya, was subjected to extensive gender tests following questions regarding her gender. The IAAF is still awaiting the final results of the gender verification test carried out on the South African teenager during the World Championships in Berlin in August,...

Intersex and transsexual people in India have been granted in independent identity in the voter lists by election authorities. CNN reports that before the decision, members of these groups — called eunuchs in Indian English — were referred to as male or female in voter rolls. Now, “O”,...