India: Support system and guide for rights

[Natasha]

India: Support system and guide for rights

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080306/jsp/calcutta/story_8984682.jsp
03/05/2008

"Biswanath, 29, has lived most of his childhood on sedatives and shock therapies. "My family thought my sexual orientation was a disease that could be cured with treatment. Now my parents understand my situation, but my brothers and sisters are yet to come to terms with it," says Biswanath, a transgender resident of Barasat."