Siliguri (WB), June 26: Egged on by his gay partner to go for a sex change so that they could marry, a man undergoing the process found to his dismay that his partner showed no interest in him any more nor could he return to his original self now.
Feeling betrayed, Dipu Ghosh lodged a complaint to the police who are now looking for Ajit Mondal, Dipu's estranged partner, officer-in-charge of New Jalpaiguri Police outpost, Pankaj Thapa said in Siliguri on Thursday.
Dipu, a resident of Rangapani near Siliguri, alleged in the complaint that Ajit had convinced him to go for a gender change and get married. He has been in the process for the past three months but his counterpart was now avoiding him.
It was not not clinically possible for Dipu now to get back his original male form, albeit effeminate.
Ajit was absconding and his parents claimed to have no no knowledge of their son's homosexuality, Thapa said. They
say, it is a plot against their innocent 23-year-old son.
Dipu came in contact with Ajit two years ago and they developed a homosexual relation. Later, with the help of local eunuch community, Dipu went to Mumbai and started working as a bar-girl. He now earns a modest amount.
"Money is not not a problem for me. I am ready to give Ajit everything, a beautiful life.... (I'll) fulfill all his dreams. But he has no right to insult my love," he told a local television channel.
June 29, 2008
WB man changes sex to marry partner, gets ditched
Siliguri (WB), June 26: Egged on by his gay partner to go for a sex change so that they could marry, a man undergoing the process found to his dismay that his partner showed no interest in him any more nor could he return to his original self now.
Feeling betrayed, Dipu Ghosh lodged a complaint to the police who are now looking for Ajit Mondal, Dipu's estranged partner, officer-in-charge of New Jalpaiguri Police outpost, Pankaj Thapa said in Siliguri on Thursday.
Dipu, a resident of Rangapani near Siliguri, alleged in the complaint that Ajit had convinced him to go for a gender change and get married. He has been in the process for the past three months but his counterpart was now avoiding him.
It was not not clinically possible for Dipu now to get back his original male form, albeit effeminate.
Ajit was absconding and his parents claimed to have no no knowledge of their son's homosexuality, Thapa said. They
say, it is a plot against their innocent 23-year-old son.
Dipu came in contact with Ajit two years ago and they developed a homosexual relation. Later, with the help of local eunuch community, Dipu went to Mumbai and started working as a bar-girl. He now earns a modest amount.
"Money is not not a problem for me. I am ready to give Ajit everything, a beautiful life.... (I'll) fulfill all his dreams. But he has no right to insult my love," he told a local television channel.
Feeling betrayed, Dipu Ghosh lodged a complaint to the police who are now looking for Ajit Mondal, Dipu's estranged partner, officer-in-charge of New Jalpaiguri Police outpost, Pankaj Thapa said in Siliguri on Thursday.
Dipu, a resident of Rangapani near Siliguri, alleged in the complaint that Ajit had convinced him to go for a gender change and get married. He has been in the process for the past three months but his counterpart was now avoiding him.
It was not not clinically possible for Dipu now to get back his original male form, albeit effeminate.
Ajit was absconding and his parents claimed to have no no knowledge of their son's homosexuality, Thapa said. They
say, it is a plot against their innocent 23-year-old son.
Dipu came in contact with Ajit two years ago and they developed a homosexual relation. Later, with the help of local eunuch community, Dipu went to Mumbai and started working as a bar-girl. He now earns a modest amount.
"Money is not not a problem for me. I am ready to give Ajit everything, a beautiful life.... (I'll) fulfill all his dreams. But he has no right to insult my love," he told a local television channel.
May 14, 2008
Third gender option in TN college forms
The Times of India
(also appeared in TOI New Delhi of 14th May, 2008)
14 May 2008, 0622 hrs IST,Radha Venkatesan,TNN
COIMBATORE: After providing ration cards and welfare board for transsexuals, the Tamil Nadu government, for the first time in the country, has officially opened the Arts and Science colleges to the third gender. In a unique concession for them, all the government and aided colleges will admit them as "transgenders" and they will share 30% of the seats reserved for women. The State Directorate of Collegiate Education in its newly-designed application form for the degree courses in all its colleges has included the transgender as a separate category. Under the column "sex", the application forms now provide three options: Male, Female and Transgender. Till now, transsexuals managed to enrol in colleges only as males, though it went against their gender preferences. However, this year, the transsexuals can join any Arts and Science colleges, be it co-educational or men’s or women’s colleges, as a "thiru nangai" (Tamil name for transgender). "Transgenders can join any Arts and Science college retaining their status as transgenders," the Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Coimbatore region, Dr D Rudrappan told TOI. Government colleges here say they would admit any transgender who applies regardless of their merit. "We will give them special consideration and admit them regardless of the marks they have scored in the class XII exam," said N Yesodha Devi, principal of PSGR Krishnammal College for Women. For transsexuals like Divya Krishnan, who have been waiting for this "special recognition" for a few years now, it is a dream come true. "I have been wanting to join the teacher training institute for the past two years. But my application has been rejected consistently. This year, I will get admission." A diploma holder in Electronics and Communication, Malavika, said she was forced to study in a men’s college, where she was "teased and harassed" by the college boys.
(also appeared in TOI New Delhi of 14th May, 2008)
14 May 2008, 0622 hrs IST,Radha Venkatesan,TNN
COIMBATORE: After providing ration cards and welfare board for transsexuals, the Tamil Nadu government, for the first time in the country, has officially opened the Arts and Science colleges to the third gender. In a unique concession for them, all the government and aided colleges will admit them as "transgenders" and they will share 30% of the seats reserved for women. The State Directorate of Collegiate Education in its newly-designed application form for the degree courses in all its colleges has included the transgender as a separate category. Under the column "sex", the application forms now provide three options: Male, Female and Transgender. Till now, transsexuals managed to enrol in colleges only as males, though it went against their gender preferences. However, this year, the transsexuals can join any Arts and Science colleges, be it co-educational or men’s or women’s colleges, as a "thiru nangai" (Tamil name for transgender). "Transgenders can join any Arts and Science college retaining their status as transgenders," the Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Coimbatore region, Dr D Rudrappan told TOI. Government colleges here say they would admit any transgender who applies regardless of their merit. "We will give them special consideration and admit them regardless of the marks they have scored in the class XII exam," said N Yesodha Devi, principal of PSGR Krishnammal College for Women. For transsexuals like Divya Krishnan, who have been waiting for this "special recognition" for a few years now, it is a dream come true. "I have been wanting to join the teacher training institute for the past two years. But my application has been rejected consistently. This year, I will get admission." A diploma holder in Electronics and Communication, Malavika, said she was forced to study in a men’s college, where she was "teased and harassed" by the college boys.
May 7, 2008
Former man and wife remarry as two women
Two women have remarried, more than 30 years after they walked down the aisle together as man and wife.
Emma Martin, who has had a sex change, and Linda Packer tied the knot in a civil ceremony to preserve the tax and pension rights they enjoyed as a married couple.
They got their marriage annulled after Linda's husband Martin decided to have a sex-change operation. He had felt unhappy with his gender since he was four.
The change in Martin's legal gender status when he became Emma meant they could not remain married under law.
That left the pair, who described themselves as "soulmates", facing large inheritance tax bills should one of them die.
It also caused problems with life insurance and pensions rights.
Consequently they decided to remarry, despite not being in a sexual relationship.
The couple from Little Downham, near Ely in Cambridgeshire, first married in 1977 and never had children.
Martin Packer told his wife in 1998 that he wanted to change his sex, and he subsequently underwent treatments including electrolysis to remove body hair and hormone replacement therapy, before going under the knife.
Now calling herself Emma Martin, the 60-year-old IT consultant explained: "We are, and always have been, soulmates and best friends ever since 1977 when we got married.
"But, to get my gender recognition certificate, we had to get our marriage annulled.
"When that happened we would have been liable for inheritance tax but it also messed up life insurance and pension rights.
"The simplest thing would have been if we could have had a transfer from a marriage to a civil partnership but that wasn’t possible and it was such a farce to get all the paperwork sorted out.
"From the outside it looks like we are in a relationship and Linda doesn’t really like that because we are not," she told the Daily Mail.
Under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, marriages in which one spouse has a sex change are not permitted to continue.
As a result Miss Martin faced a choice - either remain legally a man and stay married to Linda, or become a woman, have the union annulled and remarry her.
The financial security the couple now enjoy under their civil partnership contrasts with the position of elderly sisters Joyce and Sybil Burden, aged 90 and 82, who have lived together all their lives.
Under current legislation the surviving sister will face a £50,000 inheritance tax bill when the other dies, forcing her to sell their Marlborough home.
Earlier this week they lost an appeal at the European Court of Human Rights ruling to be granted the same tax and inheritance rights as married couples and civil partners.
In a statement after the ruling they said they were "struggling to understand" why they "should find themselves in such a position in the UK in the 21st century".
May 2, 2008
Eunuch sets self on fire
The Times of India
Friday, May 2, 2008
Times News Network
On Thursday, a 21 year-old eunuch, Tuhiya, tried to immolate herself in her house in Khajoori Khas in north-east Delhi. According to the police, she has received 80% burns and is admitted at GTB hospital.According to a statement given to the police, Tuhiya said that she had had a relationship with a 23-old driver. Earlier the two often met up. However, about two months back, he stopped coming to her house and finally stopped communicating with her. A couple of days back, he informed her that he had married someone. Shocked by the revelation, she set herself on fire. The police have lodged a case and are investigating the matter.
toireporter@timesgroup.com
Friday, May 2, 2008
Times News Network
On Thursday, a 21 year-old eunuch, Tuhiya, tried to immolate herself in her house in Khajoori Khas in north-east Delhi. According to the police, she has received 80% burns and is admitted at GTB hospital.According to a statement given to the police, Tuhiya said that she had had a relationship with a 23-old driver. Earlier the two often met up. However, about two months back, he stopped coming to her house and finally stopped communicating with her. A couple of days back, he informed her that he had married someone. Shocked by the revelation, she set herself on fire. The police have lodged a case and are investigating the matter.
toireporter@timesgroup.com
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