The power of transformation and transforming power: a Malaysian female-to-male transgender person’s narrative

Sharon A. Bong

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-8916-4_10

The power of transformation and transforming power: a Malaysian female-to-male transgender person’s narrative

Sharon A. Bong

Malaysia Sch of Arts & Social Sciences

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In this chapter, I foreground the narrative of a Malaysian female-to-male (FTM) transgender person which serves as a prism through which the notions of ‘power’ and ‘transformation’ are acted out upon. The power of transformation, as the title suggests, alludes to Adam’s (pseudonym) multiple coming outs: As a radical lesbian feminist (woman loving women) to female-to-male transgender person (his early transitioning realized incrementally about a decade ago through hormonal pills, reconstructive breast surgery and hysterectomy) and bisexual (in being sexually attracted to both women and men)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Gender and Sexuality Justice in Asia
Subtitle of host publication	Finding Resolutions through Conflicts
Editors	Joseph N. Goh, Sharon A. Bong, Thaatchaayini Kananatu
Place of Publication	Singapore Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	10
Pages	139-153
Number of pages	15
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811589164
ISBN (Print)	9789811589157
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8916-4_10
Publication status	Published - 2020

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The power of transformation and transforming power: a Malaysian female-to-male transgender person’s narrative. / Bong, Sharon A.
Gender and Sexuality Justice in Asia: Finding Resolutions through Conflicts. ed. / Joseph N. Goh; Sharon A. Bong; Thaatchaayini Kananatu. 1st. ed. Singapore Singapore: Springer, 2020. p. 139-153.

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