Transgender people in Vietnam: P1- True to themselvesTUOI TRE, 10/10/2013 11:38 GMT + 7
The yearning to become a member of the opposite sex has driven many tormented youths to undergo agonizing transsexual surgeries. Though they're happy with their new body and true self, most face continued discrimination or alienation from their families and society.The ordeal begins as soon as they realize they were born with the wrong gender, but doesn't end with the extremely painful transsexual operation.
As no orthodox medical institution in Vietnam offers the operation, many who can't afford costly transgender operations in Thailand or Korea have turned to local bogus "doctors" and put their lives at risk by taking hormone-changing pills, having silicon injected into their face and breast, or even undergoing a mastectomy or vasectomy.
The man of the dreamsHa Duy Linh... identifies as a trans man. Linh confided that she vaguely realized she was different from other girls in high school, when she had a secret crush on one of her female teachers and later a female classmate.
"Also, I always felt incomprehensible differences inside my body. Deep inside me, I invariably yearned to do something contrary to myself," Linh shared...
