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Title: The case for a third gender
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.
Title: Re: The case for a third gender
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.