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Title: The case for a third gender
Post by: Shana A on August 21, 2011, 07:16:30 AM
Post by: Shana A on August 21, 2011, 07:16:30 AM
Sunday August 21, 2011
The case for a third gender
By LOH FOON FONG and RASHVINJEET S. BEDI
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/21/nation/9297148 (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/21/nation/9297148)
Is there a need for a third category of gender for transsexuals?
ALL Win wants is to live a normal life.
From childhood to adulthood, he has had to endure countless taunts because of how he looks and acts.
"When I played with other kids in the park, they would call me bapuk or pondan," says the 44-year-old transsexual, recalling the torment he went through, even at pre-school age.
The case for a third gender
By LOH FOON FONG and RASHVINJEET S. BEDI
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/21/nation/9297148 (http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/21/nation/9297148)
Is there a need for a third category of gender for transsexuals?
ALL Win wants is to live a normal life.
From childhood to adulthood, he has had to endure countless taunts because of how he looks and acts.
"When I played with other kids in the park, they would call me bapuk or pondan," says the 44-year-old transsexual, recalling the torment he went through, even at pre-school age.
Title: Re: The case for a third gender
Post by: cynthialee on August 21, 2011, 08:19:09 AM
Post by: cynthialee on August 21, 2011, 08:19:09 AM
It is on the other side of the world Val
What they do there is highly unlikely to have any impact over here.
What they do there is highly unlikely to have any impact over here.