Why it’s not easy being a trans man December 21, 2020, 12:20 PM IST For anyone wrestling with their sexuality and gender dysphoria at a young age, the knowledge that there could be a community out there for them makes several hard choices easier. But when M Selvam walked out of home with the birth of the millennium, he was 15 years old, third of the five children born to labourer parents from Theni and with no information access the way we have it now. But there was something that made his choice more daunting than any of these factors did; the fact that he was assigned female at birth.