Tuesday, April 27, 2010
From son to daughter: A Singaporean family's transformation
http://pinkdotsg.blogspot.com/2010/04/from-son-to-daughter-singaporean.htmlhttp://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/04/from-son-to-daughter-a-singaporean-familys-transformation/"When you walk out on the street you have to face the cold hard facts, the world, and the way people look at you...it's hard. Home is supposed to be the safe place where you can go to for warmth and love, and at the end of the day it's good to know that there's somebody you can go home to, who doesn't judge you, who loves you for who you are."
- Jamie Yee
Jamie Yee, 36, is a post-op transgender person. With the love and support of her family, Jamie, at the age of 24, underwent an operation to become what she had always felt she was: a girl.
From the age of five, Jamie knew she wasn't quite like the other boys. Rather than sharing in the rough-and-tumble activities with them, she found herself gravitating towards girls' toys, like cooking sets and dolls. One of her earliest recollections was when she was asked to colour a cow, and she did so – in purple – and all the time insisting that such an animal existed, despite everyone telling her it wasn't the norm.
