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I gave birth to myself again; I don’t think I need a vagina to look feminine - Gauri (Gaurav) Arora
The reality show Splitsvilla changed Gaurav Arora's life. Gaurav, who now has turned into/ now become Gauri, always knew he was different.
It was an incident on the set of the reality show Splitsvilla a year ago that spurred him to change his gender. While he shared his glamorous pictures on Instagram posing like a girl, he says a sex change surgery might take a year or two.
In an interview with a leading daily, Gauri aka Gaurav said, “Right now I am on medications. When my doctors will feel that I am physically ready to undergo the surgery, we will decide then. Anyway, I don’t think I need a vagina to look or feel feminine. (Also) it’s very expensive. But I will undergo a breast surgery soon in next couple of months." He added, “I can’t look like trash being a public figure. I can’t look abnormal. I can’t let people get uncomfortable with my presence.”
He is not ashamed about living on his terms. He further said, "Yahi toh thi main (This is what I am and have always been). I gave birth to myself again. I went against society, friends, parents and everyone else.”
“In all these years, I have tried so many times to be a girl. But because of my constant pressure from my parents and society to look like a (straight) boy, I could never come out. I was never allowed to talk about how I felt inside. People used to laugh at me. I even tried to commit suicide,” shared Gaurav.
He also talked about his father not being supportive at all. Gaurav has admitted that he was always attracted to men. He said, “I never thought of myself to be gay. If that was the case, I could have been the happiest because then it would have been easier to curtail my identity and hide my real self. (Also) I feel men think twice before ditching or hurting a girl emotionally.”
“Even celebrities, if they are gay, are not ready to talk. I don’t know why they hide or feel scared to come out in open. They are powerful, they can tell the world and it’s natural to be the way you are,” he signed off.
