They changed, society didn't
Revathi Ramanan, TNN, Oct 25, 2010, 03.34am IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/They-changed-society-didnt/articleshow/6805856.cmsCHENNAI: R Selvi is a qualified physiotherapist but works as a security guard at a private software company. Ask her why and tears well up in her eyes. Selvi, born as Muthu, is a transgender who lost her job as an assistant physiotherapist at a sports club in the city after she underwent a sex change operation.
"I was working with YMCA, Nandanam, and was promoted and sent to a famous sports club to work as a physiotherapist," she says. In April, after she underwent a sex change operation, Selvi says she began facing discrimination from her colleagues. "I was forbidden from using the women's toilet. Slowly, I was ostracised," she says. Her patients however, did not have a problem and continued to consult her, she says.
