Do you complain about the quality and chores of your life everyday? Chances are you do to a degree. We write that off as ‘being human’ and perhaps it truly is, but have you ever paused to think about some of the less fortunate people, those that live in this very human society of yours and mine but are rejected, ostracised and labelled gender-blender trannies, Transvestite, Transsexual? You say you don’t know, don’t care or don’t hear much about them? Chances are you meet a few daily, totally unaware since they stay locked within their walls of fear of being ridiculed by the very ‘human society’ of yours and mine.

I had once read a short passage on the life of transsexuals in India and it had made me sad and depressed. If memory serves me right it was Dominique Lapierre’s ‘The City of Joy‘. This is not a book for the faint hearted… and it is not just about transgendered people but does open up a glimpse into their world…

We recently watched Kevin Zegers and Felicity Huffman’s beautifully starred Transamerica. In a nutshell this is great story about a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual who takes a rather daring and unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York. The movie pays a lot of attention to minor details and is by no means a typical yet-another-run-of-the-mill hollywood slapstick. I’d strongly recommend it. Give yourself a little time to walk a few minutes in their shoes…

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