Reuters.com
Thimphu (Reuters Life!) – In Bhutan, the men wear gowns and often carry women’s names, but this has not stopped a teenage transvestite from causing a stir by publicly coming out in this tiny, secluded Himalayan kingdom. Names in Bhutan are often androgynous and all men wear a knee-length dress called the gho while women wear the “kira”, an ankle-length gown.
But society’s attitudes towards sex remain very conservative, which is why 16-year-old Dechen Seldon’s decision to publicize his desire to become a woman has set the nation talking.