Those who dare to defy are no less broken. Sushil, 27, born to a lower middle-class Haryana family is a shattered person today. Determined to marry Sumita, her lesbian lover, she braved excommunication by her conservative family to undergo a sex change operation at a sleazy suburban clinic two years ago. Only to return and find her lover coerced into marriage. Without a family or friends and trapped in 'manhood', Sushil approached Sakhi for help. While the organisation found her a job as a peon, there was little they could do to improve her fragile state of mind. "Sushil remains a misfit. And all because she didn't know that physical transformation is not necessary for a fulfilling lesbian relationship," says Thadani.