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Born again - Tarchi becomes a woman

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June 15, 2020

Tarchi Ausavapichayachote is a transgender person in Thailand. She was born a boy but identifies as female. Now she is having surgery done to get breast implants. She wants nothing more than to feminize her body.

Tarchi's mother has long accepted that her child wants sex change surgery, although her father has struggled to come to terms with this wish. Tarchi, now 19 years old, has been taking hormone pills since she was 15.

Of course her parents noticed the physical changes to her body. Now Tarchi wants to take the next step and feminize her body by getting silicone breast implants. How does she feel after the procedure? A report by Florian Nusch.

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