Ibu Siama East Java's Oldest Transgedered (82 yo)

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Van_Riza wrote:

Kalo udah tua,apa ekes masih tetap bisa tampi menawan begitu ya,hehehe...

mesti rajin2 kalo gitu jeung buat facial na hihihihi

Yurike Prastica

de Hati wrote:

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Jumping off a motorcycle in a kampung not far from Malang’s Gajayana train station, I asked some men where I could find Ibu Siama. She had insisted that anyone in this part of town could direct me. My question, however, was met with bemused expressions as the cluster of men tried to deduce just who Ibu Siama might be. Eventually, a look of realisation dawned on one man’s face. He broke into a smile and laughed. His friends were laughing too. ‘Oh, you mean Pak Saleh. He’s over here…’

The confusion arose because I was looking for an 82 year old male to female transgendered person – reputedly, the oldest waria in East Java. The men’s reaction was a good illustration of the position of the transgendered community in Malang: Ibu Siama was not treated maliciously, but she was not taken altogether seriously either.

Source: Transgendered in Malang http://insideindonesia.org/content/view/606/47/

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