Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday, 10 August, issued guidelines for medical examiners to assess fitness of transgender persons who have applied for commercial pilot licence.
The DGCA had last month countered media reports that claimed that Adam Harry -- a transman from Kerala -- has been denied permission by the regulator to get a commercial pilot license.
Stating that these reports were not true, the DGCA had then said a transgender person can be issued a fit medical certificate provided that there are "no associated medical, psychiatric, or psychological conditions".