Transgender Bride

In an important ruling, the Madras High Court bench in Madurai has held that as per the Hindu Marriage Act, a transsexual is also a "bride" and the term would not necessarily refer only to a woman.

With popular Bollywood numbers glaring in the air, an ecstatic crowd begins cheering for the bride and groom, who join-in the post wedding dancing with great enthusiasm. This is no ordinary wedding. The transgender persons community in Kerala has claimed this to be the first legally registered wedding of a trans couple, who have done sex affirmatio...

But the 40-year-old has made history, becoming Nepal's first transgender person to be issued with a marriage certificate by district officials, even though the country has no formal laws for such unions.

In an important ruling, the Madras High Court bench in Madurai has held that as per the Hindu Marriage Act, a transsexual is also a "bride" and the term would not necessarily refer only to a woman.

With popular Bollywood numbers glaring in the air, an ecstatic crowd begins cheering for the bride and groom, who join-in the post wedding dancing with great enthusiasm. This is no ordinary wedding. The transgender persons community in Kerala has claimed this to be the first legally registered wedding of a trans couple, who have done sex affirmatio...

But the 40-year-old has made history, becoming Nepal's first transgender person to be issued with a marriage certificate by district officials, even though the country has no formal laws for such unions.