@article{ref1,
title="Suicide by transgender: a crisis of identity",
journal="Journal of forensic medicine and toxicology",
year="2016",
author="Chouksey, Vivek Kumar and Band, Rahul and Rani, Mukta and Rani, Yashoda",
volume="33",
number="1",
pages="31-33",
abstract="The transgender community is socially isolated and a most discriminated against group in India and world over. Black and white depiction of humans into male and female ignores the gray shades of transsexuals. Present case shows identity crisis suffered by born as male person later underwent sex reconstruction surgery. Rejected by his own family, he was accepted by transgender community. Depression and addiction worsened the situation further. After he committed suicide, body was brought for autopsy at Lady Hardinge Medical College. This case report tries to present social, medico-legal and legal aspects related to case to raise awareness among medical fraternity regarding transgender persons.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0971-1929",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}