He had to suffer endless ‘torture’ at home and in the society over his gender but he never let that sea of sufferings and harassment kill his long cherished dream – to fly aeroplanes. Adam Harry, the country’s first transpilot, welcomed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) coming out with new guidelines on assessment of fitness of transgender persons who have applied for a commercial pilot license.
With aviation regulator DGCA now formulating its first-ever medical guidelines for transgenders, Harry, who almost waged a lone battle to make this happen, feels that suffering and humiliation have always made him stronger and determined to chase his dreams.