Vinolia Wakijo: Living for others

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Vinolia Wakijo: Living for others
Prodita Sabarini, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | Wed, 02/23/2011 9:40 AM

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/02/23/vinolia-wakijo-living-others.html

LGBT activist Vinolia Wakijo didn't see herself as a transgender woman. "I thought I was just feminine and liked to wear make up," she said.

She didn't identify with the image society had of transgender women — heavily made up individuals wearing short skirts and tank tops, either working in beauty salons or soliciting sex.

"I was afraid of [transgender women wearing heavy make up]," she said.