This illustration is a combination of a photograph and text extracted from the accompanying article. The photograph shows Rohit Khumanthem from Yaishkul Manipur Legislative Assembly constituency in Imphal West district, who was among the few trans women in Manipur who could vote in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in their desired gender identity. In the photograph Rohit Khumanthem is standing next to a two wheeler out on a narrow street in a residential locality of Imphal city. Dressed neatly with dark glasses to ward off the bright sunlight, Rohit Khumanthem is smiling and proudly displaying her voter slip issued by the Manipur State Election Commission. The street is quite empty barring a few parked cars and a road-roller in the background (the road seems freshly laid out, with repair work continuing in the distance). The right side of the street is lined with houses, while the left side mostly has trees. Right behind Rohit Khumanthem is a closed gate made of tin and wood, a brick wall and a pile of stone chips. A bright blue sky above seems to match the confidence on Rohit Khumanthem’s face. The accompanying text says: “An area of concern was the mismatch of gender identity on the voter identity card and on other identity documents like Aadhaar. Many trans women in Manipur have had their gender identity changed to transgender on their Aadhaar card, but their voter identity card still mentions their gender identity as male. When this issue was pointed out to the Election Commission officials during the SVEEP campaign, they assured that the voter identity cards would be updated. But this eventually did not happen.” Photo credit: Bonita Pebam