Friday, June 19, 2009

Malays And Mak Nyah.

I took some time to surf the Malay blogesphere, and shockers! The amount of ignorance shown by many in the Malay community on transgender issues is horrible. Their sickening behaviour shows when they make us into a comedy, to having an actual anti-transgender hate blog. However, there are good people around Malays, so I am pleased to have stopped and read some of the sensitive and unbiased commentaries on a post in Basuh Baju, and left them a comment. It seems there is still a huge gap between perceived transsexualim, and the truth on this issue.

Commentary in malay language. Apologies to overseas readers. I am using Malay just this once.


Saya seorang yang tak berapa tahu bahasa Melayu, tetapi saya akan cuba.

Sebenarnya, terdapat banyak confusion dalam hal mak nyah ni. Dalam golongan ni, banyak overlap diantara transsexual dan transvestite, terutamanya sekali bila akhbar Bahasa Inggeris selalu menggunakan perkataan transvestite tanpa pengetahuan apa ertinya.

Transsexual adalah satu sindrom yang telah dikenali dalam bidang sains sebagai condition intersex, iaitu masalah organ sex tidak ngam dengan kromosom (Sindrom Klinefelter atau Turner, xxy, xyy), psikologi (bilanan neuron dalam Limbic Neucleus seseorang adalah opposite organ sex mereka) atau biologi (2 organ sex yang berlainan, Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrom atau CAIS), 5ARD, 17BHDD dan sebagainya.

Transsexualism adalah masalah medical yang patut dibantu oleh doktor dan pakar kesihatan. Masalahnya, negara ini agak lambat dalam mendalami pengetahuan tentang sindrom ini, yang dipanggil Gender Identity Disorder.

Dan kerana itu, pengambilan hormon yang berlebihan mengakibatkan kerosakan fungsi hormon dalam badan dan seseorang transsexual itu akan setiasa dalam mood swings, panic attacks, depression dan sebagainya. Ia juga boleh mengakibatkan kerosakan limpa, otak, jantung dalam jangka masa panjang.

Transsexual adalah perempuan tetapi lain daripada yang lain disebabkan organ sex mereka disebabkan GID. Dan cure? Itu mestilah tengok doktor yang berpengalaman, lepas tu ambil ubat yang diberi oleh doktor, dan tak overdose. Kalau memang seseorang tu betul-betul transsexual, dia adakn ada surat pengesahan dari doktor untuk menjalani operation penukaran organ jantina. Tapi tiada sistem dan pengetahuan tentang transsexual dalam negara ini, jadi banyak masalah berlaku.

Juga ada golongan transvestite. Golongan ini adalah lelaki yang suka memakai baju perempuan. Golongan ini lain daripada transsexual, sebab golongan ini masih bangga dengan kelakian mereka. Ada yang sudah berkahwin pun. Ini disebabkan unsur berahi sex atau hobi.

Tidak ada satupun study sains yang ada authority, peer previewed daripada badan antarabangsa tang mengaitkan transsexual kepada mecam mana mereka growing up. Masalahnya, banyak unsur unsur bias agama Abrahamic (Christian, Islam) yang confuse the reality dan facts tentang kondisi ini. Jadi kerana kontroversi, I tak mahu komen tentang ini di sini.

Harap sekalian boleh memahami. Dengan understanding dan tiada diskriminasi, mungkin golongan kami boleh berkerja seperti human being biasa tanpa prejudis, dan bolehlah mereka hidup tanpa hina menjual badan diri mereka sendiri pada street. Or course, banyak yang ada pilihan untuk tidak membuat kegiatan terkutuk tu. Yang itu pun I tak mahu komen lah. Kalau terdesak tak ape. Tapi kalau boleh beli kereta dan masih macam tu, I of course bengang juga.

Terima kasih.


During my search, I find that most of the Malaysian tabloid media and blogs still sensationalize transgender issues, mostly not knowing anything but still talking about it, ranging from trying to demonize, to implying transgenders are lesser than human beings. This is so disgusting. Some words parroted out is like "Saya benci Mak Nyah" (I hate transgenders). Funny, they cannot even differenciate a homosexual and a transgender. And they try so hard to get the ugliest transgenders out to point something they can paint negatives on. By not having met the healthy me, I guess that proves how narrow minded many Malaysians is. Sigh, Where is my country?

Yuki's Thoughts: Homosexuals are the last to look for a girl like me for a relationship... because they want men! When you start to know this, then perhaps it is just by chance. Not.

6 comments:

Mat KL said...

Amboi, senang-senang mengutuk orang2 Melayu kampung sangat dan tak paham istilah2 tersebut.

Konon2 semua orang Cina & India paham. Hey, cakap biar berlapik. Jangan senang tuduh menuduh. Tunjuk pandai bahasa berakhlak mulia. Bukan mendabik dada menuduh serong.

Yuki Choe said...

@ Basuh Baju

A male-to-female (MTF) transsexual is actually a female and a female-to-male (FTM) transsexual is actually a male. It is because of the differential between chromosomns, brain and biology versus the sex organ that causes Gender Identity Disorder (GID). The differences between each condition is known to explain why some transsexuals (like those with CAIS) look 100% a female and some still look like a male however much hormones they take. But they are females all the same.

Transvestites actually cover males and females because they are cross-dressers. However, because female wearing pants and shirts has become a social norm, the term transvestite has become only for men.

Trans-SEX(jantina)-ual indeed is about the physical. It is like a person knows very well that he is a male, but how would the person look at himself in the mirror if you suddenly have gynecomastia (a male disorder) and have breats? Because your gender knows you are male, and breasts are a female organ, that causes the distress.

Trans-VEST(pakaian luar)-ite is a clothes issue. It could be emotional, or sexual, or just a closeted hobby. However, unfortunately, many transvestites think they are transsexual and undergo transition, which for me I do not wish to comment because it is a controversy among the transgender community. Transsexuals are innate from birth, whereas transvestites are mostly influenced by environmental factors. Because of similar traits, there are overlaps.

Hope I do not confuse you, and thanks for dropping by. :- )


@ Mat KL

Mana I ada mengutuk orang orang melayu? Saya menyatakan banyak orang melayu dalam blog yang tiada pengetahuan tentang isu ini. Saya tak ada gunakan perkataan "kampung" pun. Saya tak ada pula cakap semua orang cina dan india paham. Semua manusia ada yang baiknya dan tak baiknya. Saya pernah call out orang Kristian (yang fanatik) dalam post saya "Sickos", yang saya anggap memalukan orang Kristian. Saya juga pernah mengkritik kelakuan mak nyah (yang extreme) yang obsess dan tak senonoh yang menjatuhkan maruah kami sebagai manusia dalam post saya "The Sisters". Saya tak cakap kesemua komuniti ini ada masalah.

Saya tak ada menuduh. Mr. Mat KL google "Mak Nyah" dan tengoklah sendiri berapa post berita dan blog melayu menghina, membenci, membuat kelakar, stereotype, sensationalize dan segaja nak membesar-besarkan hal untuk mengecil-kecilkan manusia yang berlabel mak nyah ni. Sila janganlah salah faham. Take care.

alan said...

Use the tools at your command, my friend, be they language or that beautiful mind or your wonderful heart! Don't apologize for doing whatever you can to make this world a better place for all!

Love,
alan

Sakadar_simbang_0 said...

TS dgn TV brbeza pulakk. ciri2 dua2 ni hampir sama dari segi pakaian dan gaya buat org ramai kliru. gua mau tanya.

adaka TS dan TG ni term yg sama?

mcm mana nak kesann adakah TV ni saja2 guna alasan dia bernaluri pompuan utk saja main2 mengada-ngada kosdress. adakah dikesan drpd rupanya yg masih still mcm lalaki or camana?? sebab gua rasa golongan2 TV meningkat pd tahap halilintarr pada masa kini.

Sakadar_Simbang_0 said...

hm.. gua buleh paham sdikit suda kronologi hal ni. ia banyak melibatkan hal2 dalaman diri. ringkasan isi2 ketara yg gua lihat..

TS MTF
1. Tau Terima Akui psycology gender diri sejak umur kecil walaupun pisiology bertentangan.
2. alat tu rasa spt kanser mau dbuang.
3. ramai terpaksa hidup dgn alat tu sbb tiada izin udang2 dn faktor kewangan.
4. segelintir suda ambi hormon2 tpi masih nammpak mcm lalaki.
5. XXY secara natural lebih menyerupai wanita.

TV
1. niat mau experimen, mau dinampak, anggap naluri diri mcm wanita.
2. ramai masih bangga guna alat tu.
3. ramai TV fikir mereka ialah TS.
4. dpengaruhi emosi obses, psekitaran, seskual orientation, hobi.
5. biasa mula selepas akil balig atau dewasa.

anyway, TQ utk penjelasan2 ni. penting supaya tdak konpius.

sha said...

Hi Yuki.

I was just thinking about pondan or mak nyah as they called it in Malaysia. I had a neighbour who was born with a "hole" and a small male genital which is deformed (without testicles). Let's just call him Z. I have tears in my eyes when I think about how Z must have suffered since Z was young because Z didn't know whether Z should be a man or a woman. Z is now close to 50 which means when Z was born the technology wasn't there yet. So Z tried out to be a woman but at one point Z didn't know anymore and started to be a man. I don't know what Z is now because I have moved out ever since. But come to think about it how could Z become a man when Z genital wasn't working like it should be and on the other hand how Z could become a woman when Z had no complete female genital? When I think about all those people who have situation like this I really feel for them. And I am just a normal woman who hopes people aren't so judgmental and cruel towards them.