Transsexuals: The paperwork is just too much
By RACHAEL KAM – The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: For some transsexuals, it is easier to have their sex reassigned but it is almost impossible to change their gender and photograph from male to female in their identification papers.
Expressing support and empathy for transsexual Mohammed Fazdil Min Bahari, popularly known as Fatine who is embroiled in a controversial wedding to a Briton, they have spoken up on the plight of those like her.
Yuki, a transsexual, has tried in vain to change her identity from a man to a woman so that she can get married.
“I can understand Fatine’s frustration. All we want is to be able to live a normal life like others, to be loved for who we are and not suffer the hurtful words of others,” said the 30-something who was born in Ipoh.
“I tried to behave like a man for eight years but failed. It is very saddening that people treat my condition as a joke. I am hurt,” she said.
Yuki, who separated from her Australian husband about one-and-a-half years ago, hoped that her gender can be changed to a female in her identification papers.
Another transsexual, Julya, said she had been trying for four years to get her photograph, gender and name changed in all her personal documents after she had sex change surgery in 2002.
“I gave up because the reality is there is just no way I can get it done here in Malaysia,” said the 40-something freelance scriptwriter.
Julya claimed that the National Registration Department instructed her to get letters from the surgeon, certified by a commisioner of oaths and stamped by the court before she can legally become a female.
“It’s a very long process and it will cost me a big sum of money which I can’t afford. I would just like the Government to make it easier for us to change such details.
“I have never travelled overseas and I still have a phobia going to the airport these days,” she said.
Fatine, who married Ian Young in a civil partnership in May, is facing deportation after her “Leave to Remain” visa was rejected by the British Home Office over an “incorrect” photograph.
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