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Title: Indonesian transgendered find refuge in Islamic school
Post by: Shana A on November 11, 2008, 07:05:30 AM
Post by: Shana A on November 11, 2008, 07:05:30 AM
Indonesian transgendered find refuge in Islamic school
8 hours ago
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gH_DfDQmV1L6LtGF_IMqnBj1RsAQ (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gH_DfDQmV1L6LtGF_IMqnBj1RsAQ)
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Heavyset and wearing the pink Islamic headscarf and matching flowing clothes of a pious Indonesian housewife, 48-year-old Maryani says her penis is a gift from God.
Born as a boy and raised as a Catholic, Maryani spent years of drinking and selling sex on the streets as part of this city's transgendered community before discovering Islam.
Now, with her eight-year-old adopted daughter Rizky Aryani scrambling across her sturdy thighs, Maryani says her job is to bring Islam to her fellow "waria," as transgendered people are known here.
8 hours ago
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gH_DfDQmV1L6LtGF_IMqnBj1RsAQ (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gH_DfDQmV1L6LtGF_IMqnBj1RsAQ)
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Heavyset and wearing the pink Islamic headscarf and matching flowing clothes of a pious Indonesian housewife, 48-year-old Maryani says her penis is a gift from God.
Born as a boy and raised as a Catholic, Maryani spent years of drinking and selling sex on the streets as part of this city's transgendered community before discovering Islam.
Now, with her eight-year-old adopted daughter Rizky Aryani scrambling across her sturdy thighs, Maryani says her job is to bring Islam to her fellow "waria," as transgendered people are known here.
Title: Re: Indonesian transgendered find refuge in Islamic school
Post by: Kaweah on November 14, 2008, 12:09:35 AM
Post by: Kaweah on November 14, 2008, 12:09:35 AM
What a fascinating story - it certainly upends the current notion in the US of Islam being harsh and repressive. I wish all the waria, and their teachers, the very best.