印度选举首位变性人市长

A low-caste transgender in central India has become the country's first to win civic polls and be declared mayor.

印度中部的一个低种姓的变性人成为该国首位赢得投票的变性人，并当选了市长。

Madhu Bai Kinnar won the municipal election in Raigarh in the central state of Chhattisgarh on Sunday, beating her rival from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by more than 4,500 votes, according to the state election commission.

周日，Madhu BaiKinnar获得了位于中部的恰蒂斯加尔邦赖家尔的市长选举，打败了来自莫迪的印度人民党的竞争对手，以4500多票的优势获胜。

Video footage showed the 35-year-old Kinnardraped in a saree, folding her hands and greeting supporters who placed marigold garlands around her neck amid a blaze of camera flashes.

视频显示35岁的她戴着纱丽，双手合十，向支持者打招呼，人们将万寿菊的花环披在她脖子上，相机的闪光灯狂闪。

Kinnar, a member of the Dalit caste previously known as "untouchables", had been earning a living by singing and dancing on trains, the Press Trust of India reported, but she stopped when asked to represent her community.

她在种姓中属于贱民一类，先前靠在火车上唱歌跳舞为生，在当地人要求她代表当地社区参加竞选后，她才辞了这份工作。

"People have shown faith in me. Iconsider this win as love and blessings of people for me. I'll put in my best efforts to accomplish their dreams," Kinnar told reporters after winning the election.

“人们展现出了对我的信任。我觉得是人们对我的爱和祝福才有了我这次的胜利。我将尽我所能来完成他们的梦想，”她在赢得大选后对媒体如是说。

Kinnar's win comes nine months after India's top court ruled that transgenders be legally recognised asgender-neutral.

而在九个月前，印度高等法院宣布在法律上承认变性者为中性人。

Often known as "hijras" in SouthAsia, transgenders are classified as people who have had sex change operationsor who regard themselves as the opposite of their born gender.

变性人在南亚也被称为“海吉拉斯”，变性人指的是做了变性手术或者认为自己的性别与出生性别相反的一类人。

They often live on the extreme fringes of India's culturally conservative society, sometimes falling into prostitution and begging.

在印度的文化保守的社会里，他们通常是边缘人，有时候不得不去卖淫或者乞讨。