->-bleeped-<-: 'Society can be cruel'

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->-bleeped-<-: 'Society can be cruel'

http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=1162&catID=6
7/14/09

Dr Manabi Banerjee, 38, underwent a sex change operation to become a woman in 2003, in Kolkata. Despite suffering torture and physical intimidation, Manabi earned a doctorate and now works as college lecturer in Bengali, one of the most spoken languages in the world. On the back of the Delhi court's decriminalisation of homosexuality last week, she describes her journey...