On 15 April 2014, a two-judge Bench of the Supreme Court recognised transgender persons as the 'third gender,' upheld the right of all persons to self-identify their gender on the basis of psychological identity rather than biological assignment, and held that transgender persons are entitled to fundamental rights under Articles 14, 15, 16, 19(1)(a) and 21. A digest of the holding, the directions, the Sex Reassignment Surgery question, and the doctrinal architecture that *Puttaswamy* and *Navtej Singh Johar* would subsequently build on.