Kochi | Posted on Nov 29, 2011 at 10:30am IST
We are like this only
Express News Service , The New Indian Express
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/we-are-like-this-only/206796-60-122.htmlKOCHI: It is a bit disconcerting to see Nawaz. He is wearing a green blouse and a cream-coloured Kerala saree with a gold border. His face is plastered white with make-up. And he is wearing a long-haired wig. However, his hands are hairy and muscular.
�"When I was a child I liked the company of girls," he says. "I would go with them to school and play games like hopscotch. My relatives would tease me and ask me why I was behaving so effeminately. Because of the taunts, I wanted to commit suicide many times. I had even placed a blade against my wrists. I felt so humiliated and cried many times at night."
It was when he was 18 that Nawaz became a member of the Partnership for Sexual Help Project. "There I met others like me and no longer felt isolated," he says. "I finally understood why I was behaving the way I did."
