ACCEPTING ME AS PERSON= OPENING UNACCEPTABLE GATE?

[LostInTime]

The Electric New Paper
S'porean transsexual mulls over tough question
By Ng Wan Ching
July 30, 2007

FOR years, Ms Leono Lo knew it was not going to be easy. Asking to be accepted on a personal and human level is in sync with Singapore's vision of an all-inclusive society. But somehow things are different for a sex-change individual.

The gay debate might have had some airing but what about the Third Gender? Transsexuals cause discomfort because they challenge conventional notions of male and female bodies.

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She used the tuition money that her parents had sent her for the air ticket and surgery fees.

That took a lot of moxie to summon the courage to do that. Ran off by herself, no support and no way of knowing what would happen? That is a leap of faith. Good for her.