Kolkata (West Bengal): The 'rainbow' wedding reception of Teesta - the bride- and Dipan - the groom- in West Bengal's Kolkata was a grand Bengali affair, with all the glitz and glamour attached to it. A hundred guests, comprising close friends and relatives, were invited. The bride wore a Benarasi sari and the groom looked dapper in kurta and dhoti.
The duo tied the knot and became the first transgender couple of Kolkata in West Bengal.
She met Dipan - a transgender himself who was born as a girl named Dipanwita- while she was working in Kolkata and they both bonded with each other. The bonding soon turned into a love affair and they both finally decided to get hitched.
Their journey, however, was not easy at all.
"I don't fear to accept the fact that many of my neighbours and relatives took this (changing her gender) in a negative way. They even attacked my family, ethically and socially, it is in this context that this wedding is very important," said Teesta.
Dipan, hopes that their marriage would send out a message to the society, "The only message that I want to send out through this marriage is that...we are as normal as you all..everything is possible among our community as well... we can also fall in love...we are also part of the society."
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