M'sian transsexual asks court to say she is woman
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The Associated Press.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A 25-year-old Malaysian transsexual wants a court to affirm she is a woman following sex-change surgery so she can change her name and gender on her identification documents, her lawyer said Thursday.
Sex-change surgery is legal in mainly Muslim Malaysia, but transsexuals often cannot legally change their gender status.
Lawyer Horley Isaacs said Ashraf Hafiz Abdul Aziz underwent a complete sex-change operation in Thailand in 2008 but that the National Registration Department refused to update her gender and name on her identity card.
"Since young, she has felt like a woman trapped in a man's body," Isaacs told The Associated Press. "Doctors who evaluated her after her operation found her to be a woman in her physical and psychological buildup. We want the court to declare she is a woman and that she be given a change of name and gender."
