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Title: RIGHTS-NEPAL: Court Ruling Emboldens Third Gender
Post by: Natasha on July 30, 2008, 10:15:20 AM
RIGHTS-NEPAL: Court Ruling Emboldens Third Gender

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43367 (http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43367)
Mallika Aryal
7/30/2008

KATHMANDU, Jul 30 (IPS) - Suman Tamang, 26, remembers feeling guilty for wishing he were a man. Tamang, born a woman, wanted to do the heavy work only men do, was friends with more men than women and was attracted to girls. "At that time, I didn't really understand I was transgender, I was awkward and I knew I was different."