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Gender identity disorder as UPSC aspirant cuts off his genital, lands in hosp
The New Indian Express Kochi
|September 13, 2025
Desperate to become a girl, he took doc's advice
A 17-year-old UPSC aspirant in Prayagraj is recovering in the hospital after he cut off his genitals, saying he had long believed he was a girl trapped in a boy's body.
The teenager, son of a farmer and a homemaker, had been the focus of his family's hopes of becoming an IAS officer. Educated under the CBSE board, he moved to Prayagraj for coaching but said he struggled to focus on studies as questions about his gender identity weighed heavily on him.
This story is from the September 13, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Kochi.
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