Assessment Prior to Sex Reconstructive Surgery

Abstract

The transsexual phenomenon has been mentioned from time to time in recorded history. Indian mythology has in it, many references to altered sexual states 1 • The name Ardhanarishwara refers to God, who is half man and half woman, an androgynous deity. In various versions of Ramayana, there is reference to King Ila,who spent half his life as man and half as woman. In Mahabharata, Arjuna,one of the fiercest warriors of his time, spent a year of his life in intersexed condition. There is also reference to King Bangasvana, who was changed into a woman by Lord Indra, whom he had offended. Another reference