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Title: Transgendered father gets prison time for beating kids because they won't call
Post by: Shana A on March 24, 2011, 12:19:08 PM
Transgendered father gets prison time for beating kids because they won't call him 'mom'

BY Larry Mcshane
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, 11:49 AM

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/03/23/2011-03-23_transgendered_father_gets_prison_time_for_beating_kids_because_they_wont_call_hi.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/03/23/2011-03-23_transgendered_father_gets_prison_time_for_beating_kids_because_they_wont_call_hi.html)

A transgendered father of four received two years behind bars Wednesday for starving and beating his kids after they refused to call him "mom."

The 31-year-old South Korean, identified only by his last name Oh, is taking hormone injections once a week and considering sex reassignment surgery, the Yonhap news agency reported.

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Oh led the life of a man in the morning hours, but became a woman in the evenings while working at a local transgender bar, court documents indicated.