Understanding Gender Still a Struggle Points out Amrita Doctor

With the high court ordering a medical examination to verify whether a person was a transgender or not, doctors said that the only option available to know the same is a psychiatric evaluation but that too is ‘hypothetical’. “There is no biological test to determine whether a person is transgender or not. We rely on psychological evaluation and that too is hypothetical,” said Dr. N. Dinesh, Psychiatrist, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi.