Serious doubt

Just started watching the serial..read somewhere that the lead is a transgender..what exactly have they shown?..like is it a male trapped in female body or make disguised as female?...what about the sexual orientation of the female lead?

She is a transgender. She is a third gender. She is nor male nor female. I basically don't know much about this topic but I know is they try to live like a woman because they mentally think like a female.

A transgender is someone who thinks they have been assigned the wrong gender at birth. So they may be born as a male but they think they should be a female and vice versa. They then behave like a female if born as a male or behave as a male if born as a female Whereas an intersex is someone who may be predominantly feminine or masculine but their gender assignment is difficult because there is biological ambiguity. It is possible to treat both transgender and intersex nowadays. As I understand it is easier to treat intersex people so that if they are predominantly feminine they can became a woman. Some are even able to give birth. However some wish not to have the correction because of the complications and call themselves the 3rd gender. Soon worldwide gender will not be binary anymore. There is a big movement going on about that. Lots of stuff available on the internet. You can read. I am involved in research on people who are conflicted with their gender assigned at birth hence I know somewhat about this topic.

What about her genitals?..male or female?

The way cvs are portraying Saumya she does not seem to be a transgender but am intersex woman. They may have both male and female or underdeveloped organs. This can be corrected by reconstructive surgery if they wish. If they have wombs etc.they can become pregnant. In South Asia transgenders and intersex are lumped into one category called kinnars. After I started watching Shakti I did a lot of reading and watching documentaries just out of interest. Then by coincidence I was offered a research project on transgenders which I happily accepted and discussed with clinicians who see such people on a daily basis. They do get married, have relationships and also children not only in the West but also in India and Bangladesh.

The lead actor Rubina I believe understands the difference between transgender and intersex because she has used correct terminology in her interviews. Don't know about the other actors or the creative team.

Saumya character is an intersex mostly female with having some physical abnormally

Originally posted by: Shonal8

The way cvs are portraying Saumya she does not seem to be a transgender but am intersex woman. They may have both male and female or underdeveloped organs. This can be corrected by reconstructive surgery if they wish. If they have wombs etc.they can become pregnant. In South Asia transgenders and intersex are lumped into one category called kinnars. After I started watching Shakti I did a lot of reading and watching documentaries just out of interest. Then by coincidence I was offered a research project on transgenders which I happily accepted and discussed with clinicians who see such people on a daily basis. They do get married, have relationships and also children not only in the West but also in India and Bangladesh.

The lead actor Rubina I believe understands the difference between transgender and intersex because she has used correct terminology in her interviews. Don't know about the other actors or the creative team.

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