However, what struck a cord in me was not only this person’s story. The episode did not show of her fiancé’s reaction when he was told of his fiancée’s condition (she was the victim in this episode, by the way). They have never had sexual relations, and she was worried about how he was going to receive her on their wedding night. She went through hours of therapy, because she was determined not to let her fiancé know what she was before. She even faked her period just to keep it real. She fell in love with a man, who had no idea of her past. This article reminded me of an episode of CSI which I watched (Episode 100 – Ch-Ch-Changes ). It portrayed a transsexual (previously male) who went through drastic measures just to be a woman. Yet, in the eyes of each other, that is exactly what they are. In the eyes of religion, they are not a valid married couple. This couple is going to be condemned by our rigid society for life, because they chose simply to throw the rulebook out of the window. Never underestimate the things people do for love. I simply cannot imagine what it is like, but it seems to be a perpetual prison one cannot escape. But who are we to condemn this couple if what they’re looking for is only a chance at happiness?Ĭan you imagine how it would be like, for a person to feel trapped in his/her own body, led by society as to how they are supposed to live their lives, condemned by the same society when he/she finally has the courage to come out of his/her shell? Who are we to say how these people should live? A genetic disorder, an extra X or Y chromosome that transforms us to what we are, but deep inside, we could never be “normal”. Of course we hold firmly to our culture and eastern values. I think it is perfectly all right for these two people to be married to each other. The article irked me, as I think it was rather unfair to stereotype Malaysians to be narrow-minded twits who could not accept such an affair. Chung underwent three major operations to become a woman, having known from young that she was a woman, trapped in a man's body. The article was about the controversial, same-sex union between Jessie Chung and Joshua Beh. I came upon this article as I was reading The Star online a week ago.
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