The same-sex couple lived for eight years as Heterosexual.

A same-sex couple lived together as Husband and wife in the small town of Sehore in Madhya Pradesh for eight years, until the latter’s death by suicide revealed she was not a biological woman. 

Last week police received the autopsy report from the wife. The duo, who got married in 2012, presented themselves to their family and neighbours as a homosexual person and adopted a child two years after their wedding.

According to a police report:

Additional superintendent of police, Sehore, Sameer Yadav said that on August 11, the couple fought, following which the wife attempted to kill herself.

“Both were severely wounded in the fire. 

They were admitted to a district hospital, and on August 12, they were referred to Bhopal in serious condition, “Yadav said.

The Husband died on August 16 while the wife died on August 12. “The doctors wrote in the initial autopsy report that they are both men.

 They said they had no idea about it when we asked the family, “Yadav added.

The Autopsy Report:

We have been waiting for the detailed autopsy report. When we received the detailed report last week, we found [the woman] to be a male, 

“Yadav said.

Transgender is an identity and is independent of the biological sex of a person. An autopsy can not ascertain the gender identity of a person.

According to the Husband’s brother said.

According to our sources The older brother of the Husband, who does not want to reveal his identity, said that his brother had been living in Sehore separately. 

“He used to support the LGBT movement [lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender], saying that one of his friends is gay and he wishes to live a fear-free life,” said the elder brother.

In September 2018, section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was struck down by the Supreme Court, criminalising consensual adult intercourse between two persons of the same sex. 

In India, there is no law preventing or criminalising same-sex marriages.