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Ishan, who was once living as a man trapped inside a woman’s body, and Surya a woman inside a man’s anatomy, successfully underwent sex-change operations.
Updated : May 10, 2018, 05:46 PM IST
Kerala’s first legal trans-couple got married on May 10 in what people claim is a triumphant win for the LGBTQI+ community.
According to Indian Express, Ishan, who was once living as a man trapped inside a woman’s body, and Surya a woman inside a man’s anatomy, successfully underwent sex-change operations.
The two got married at Mannam Memorial Hall in Thiruvananthapuram under the Special Marriage Act.
Both Ishan and Surya, members of the Transgender Justice Board, nurtured their years-long friendship into love and now, into marriage. The ceremony was attended by LGBTQI+ rights activist and actor Sheethal Shyam, TN Seema, dubbing artist Bhagyalakshmi, Kadakampally Surendran, who is the Kerala minister for co-operation, tourism and Devaswom, Mayor V K Prasanth, among others.
While Surya, who successfully underwent sex-change operation in 2014, is preparing for her tenth class examinations under Kerala State Literacy Mission, Ishan, who underwent sex-change operation three years ago, is a Class 12 student.
In 2017, the news of another trans couple from Kerala — Sukanyeah Krishna and Aarav Appukuttan — getting married, made news. According to a report by Mid-Day, the couple had met each other and subsequently fell in love after meeting at the hospital while preparing for their sex-change operations.
Ishaan K Shaan and Surya become the first transsexual couple of #Kerala, after getting married at a ceremony in Thiruvananthapuram pic.twitter.com/7tiCXj4Fw1
— ANI (@ANI) May 10, 2018