40-yr-old transgender woman and her 22-yr-old husband to becomes the first couple to wed in Nepal (Details, pics)

A 40-year-old transgender woman, Monika Shahi Nath and her 22-year-old husband Ramesh Nath Yogi have become the first couple to be formally married in Nepal.

The pair got married earlier this year in May.

Ms. Monika, who was born and raised as a boy in rural Nepal, never thought that she would become a bride and feared that her in-laws would not welcome her as a tranny. But she was wowed when she was accepted as a wife and daughter-in-law by her husband’s people.

According to reports. the 40-year-old made history when she was issued with a marriage certificate by district officials, despite no laws that approve such unions in the country.

The Excited tranny who was the first Nepali to get a passport with the 'O' for 'other' gender designation in 2015, told AFP: "We are happy and feel accepted as husband and wife. I never dreamed that one day I would be someone's wife, that I would be loved as a daughter-in-law. We are happy and feel accepted as husband and wife.

Nah who grew up in a remote village in western Nepal as a boy called Manoj, said she always felt different and always wanted to be in the women cycle during her school days as a boy.

'At school, I wanted to sit with the girls and was fascinated with women's clothing,' she said.

According to her, when she was in her 20s, she started experimenting with dressing as a woman, stealing her sister's clothes and make up, then trying to cat walk like a lady.