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Image from American Freedom Party. LGBT people are terrorized by Brunei's new law. At times in many countries, Muslims are already living in terror. There are a lot of comments bandied about, but many are not seeing the complex issues at play here. The lack of knowledge about LGBT issues, is...
It has been almost a year since I promised myself never to get involved in Seksualiti Merdeka again. One of the reasons was because I knew someone I love may be part of the set-up. However, the major reason was total disillusionment with the festival and the people. From what I used to believe to be a group...
I wish I can find his photo but there was none. I am talking about the picture of Judge “Justice” Mr. Mohd Yazid Mustafa, who was reported to have formally rejected the application of transsexual woman Aleesha Farhana Abdul Aziz, 26 (formerly known as Mohd Ashraf) to change her name to that of a woman,...
I was still, at 11am, rushing to an appointment at Summit Subang USJ, excitingly wanting to join the Bersih 2.0 rally after that. However, I was stuck in a massive police induced bottleneck that reduced 5 lanes to 1 including the new highway towards Persiaran Kewajipan, causing a drive that usually needed...
As we head towards an age of environmental consciousness, more people are looking for ways to go green. Green dining is a relatively new concept that recently reached Malaysian shores, with an increasing number of eateries and restaurants promoting eco-friendly dining facilities that lessen the impact to...
("Five Months" are stories of some events that had happened in my life leading up to December 2010) Starring Role It was May last year when Singaporean theatre director Rohaizad Suaidi and Malaysian independent artiste Jerome Kugan personally approached me and seasoned actress Dara Othman to be involved in...
2010 had totally been anti-1Malaysia, and our government failed to do anything about their promises of a unified nation. It had been a year that promised so much, and yet it produced more of the usual shit that we can expect from our country. There is no one left to trust, as even the opposition voices...
Life is full of different corners to turn into, and however we move about, we would always remember the roads we ventured through, and as we come back to familiar pathways, we would know what to do and perhaps even manage to make a better use of the road. The months starting from June have brought for me an...
Just after midnight crossing into Saturday the 10th of April 2010, something happened that changed my life by many degrees, and also challenged my perception of myself sexually. It was then I noticed how emotionally immature I am in handling relationships, and realize who I would like to spend my life with.
I am easily annoyed these days. Every day, the bathroom is never clear for me to head straight into it to start my day and the alarm never rings enough for me to wake up and go for a jog when I seriously need a few rounds very badly. Then, I have to endure the pressure of getting potential clients into our...
I am born a trans woman, in case you think I just suddenly decided to be another sex.I am in a family with one older brother, in case you think I have a lot of sisters running about.I am in a boy’s school, in case you think I am in a co-ed institution.I am into football, in case you think I am into play...
My, my, my. When they cannot catch criminals that actually harms people, this is what some states are doing to innocent bystanders. The so-called “crime” to punish? Dressing to their real gender identity. These five ladies are ignorantly called “males” by this news piece, and Chief Inspector Azman...
Yesterday, I featured a post on the biased and childish reporting from Harian Metro, which includes name-calling trans woman, “pondan”, 9 times, and tried to brush trans people with negative stereotypes. It is universally understood by everyone in the civilized world that morality and character has...
Try not to press here. Tabloid news. Do not give them more hits than they deserve. But I will bring to your attention this article that does nothing but attempt to again demonize an entire transsexual community and brushing them with stereotypes. I shall substitute every mention of “pondan” with penulis...
I do apologize for not writing much these days, as I have quite a number of things on my mind. However, something propped up last week in my-email that I feel needs to be addressed. Slightly reversing the decision by the Information, Communications and Culture Ministry last year that bans depictions of...
This was my FaceBook status yesterday. A lot of people liked it, I thought I would share it:If "Human Rights" and "Religious Freedom" are 2 boyfriends and I am allowed to marry only one, I will surely marry "Human Rights". "Religious Freedom" does not guarantee me having "Human Rights" again. But if I marry...
Erm. I think I will let Ms. Sass Rogando Sasot speak for all of us trans women of the earth. :o)Opposing Grave Human Rights Violations On The Basis Of Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity(United Nations, New York, 10th December 2009)
1) Some motorcyclists think they are driving cars and end up taking the middle of the lane instead of the side. They become instant contributors among major causes of the infamous traffic congestion in Malaysia!2) Certain motorcyclists still think they own cars and love to park their little vehicle on the...
There was this disgusting editorial opinion on the NST today, with the writer presumably being either the Group Managing Editor Zainul Arifin Mohammed Isa, and/or Syed Nadzri Syed Harun, who is the Group Editor. This letter was published on the same newspaper that a two-page special on transgender people...
I can't get to sleepI think about the implicationsOf diving in too deepAnd possibly the complicationsEspecially at nightI worry over situationsI know will be alrightPerhaps its just my imaginationDay after day it reappearsNight after night my heartbeat, shows the fearGhosts appear and fade awayAlone between...