在线国产一区二区_成人黄色片在线观看_国产成人免费_日韩精品免费在线视频_亚洲精品美女久久_欧美一级免费在线观看

  Home>News Center>Life
         
 

Transsexual's wedding mirrors social changes
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-05-11 14:47

When Zhang Lin proudly put on a Western style wedding gown, she was no different from the many happy brides who chose to marry their fiances during the week-long May Day holiday, except that until nine months ago, she was a man.


A man-turned-woman Zhang Lin, a Sichuan native, is cuddled by her groom Yang Qizheng on their wedding ceremony during the May Day holiday. [newsphoto]
Thousands of farmers watched with a mixture of curiosity and disbelief as the 38-year-old bride and her groom Yang Qizheng celebrated their wedding in Fenghuang village, Chongzhou city, in the suburbs of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

"No, I don't think she's a weirdo. How can I? She's a woman just like myself," said an old lady who gave her family name as Pan.


Zhang Kesha, China's first transexual: I used to be a woman trapped in man's body. [newsphoto/file]
But for Zhang Lin, formerly named Zhang Shilin, the road to womanhood was a difficult one, even though she knew from her earliest years she was a female at heart.

Zhang was brought up as a timid, self-conscious boy and always liked to wear nice dresses and long hair. At 24 the woman at heartwas pressured to marry a young woman from a neighboring village and their daughter was born the following year.

The role of husband and father had always harassed Zhang, who was determined to divorce when their daughter was 12 years old andopened a hairdressing salon in Shuangliu on the outskirts of Chengdu.

Toward the end of 2002 Zhang fell in love at first sight with Yang Qicheng, a man who came to the salon as an apprentice.

With Yang's support, Zhang underwent a sex change operation in August 2003 at a People's Liberation Army Hospital in Chengdu and realized her life-long dream to become a real woman.

In March 2004, Zhang was identified as female on her national ID card issued by the local police bureau.


Chen Lili, a Chinese transsexual, shows during the Sichuan regional competion of Miss Universe, March 7. She was granted an oppotunity to appear at the contest to display her good shape and look. The organizers say she can not enter the next phase of the beauty pageant because she is not born a woman. [newsphoto/file]
"I'm so happy," said Zhang at the wedding. She attributes the happiness to the mutual love and trust between her husband and herself, as well as the support and understanding from many other people who have come to accept her.

Observers say the Chinese society, even the countryside, is rapidly catching on to new trends.

In 1996, four Chinese transsexuals got married, and have been leading normal lives ever since. One of them, a man-turned-woman, is running a family firm with her husband and has adopted a child.

"This shows the Chinese society has adopted a more tolerant attitude towards transsexuals," said Prof. He Qinglian, a leading orthopedics expert who is dubbed "savior of Chinese transsexuals".

The first transsexual patient Prof. He operated on in July 1990was Qin Huirong, a woman at heart and a graduate of Shanghai's prestigious Fudan University, who throughout her childhood and teenage years wanted so desperately to become a real female that she was on the verge of killing herself.

Qin, who gave herself a more feminine name Qin Huiying after sex change, suffered a lot from social prejudice. The man-turned-woman was for a time kicked out by her former employer and even her own parents, but finally managed to find a new job as a translator with a Sino-foreign joint venture in Shanghai's Pudong New District.

After Qin, Prof. He has been visited several thousand other patients, and operated on over 60 of them -- the youngest 20 and the oldest 60.

Through the years, Chinese people have become more sympathetic to this special group and are more ready to embrace them back intosociety. "After all, it's not their mistake to have been endowed with the undesired gender at birth," said an elderly couple roaming the streets of Chengdu.

Sources with the Ministry of Civil Affairs have also expressed sympathy to transsexuals, saying they should enjoy the rights and freedom to get married like all other citizens.


Harisu (He Lixiu in Chinese), a popular Korean male-turned-female star, is titled as the most stunning transexual beauty throughout the world. [sina]
Most transsexuals themselves, on the other hand, are now brave enough to face the spotlight as well as public curiosity.

The 1.73-meter-tall Chen Lili, formerly named Chen Yongjun Chen,is now a stunning fashion model in the southwestern Chongqing Municipality.

Chen underwent a sex change operation last November in east China's Shandong Province, and picked up the new name "Lili", inspired by a popular Korean male-turned-female star "Harisu", or in Chinese "He Lixiu", who is her idol.

Incomplete statistics suggest China has 400,000 transsexuals, and more than 1,000 of them have realized their life-long dream tolive as their real selves over the past 16 years.

Dr. Zhang Zhengwen with the People's Hospital of Henan Province,central China, explained that prior to such an operation, the patient had to undergo a thorough psychological examination to make sure that the change would not adversely affect his or her life or mental health.

Experts say a sex change operation is the only way to save manytranssexuals' lives, because neither medical nor psychological therapies can help them out. Besides, 90 percent of transsexuals are likely to commit suicide when their requests for sex change are turned down.

But sociologists say that whether or not a sex-change person can enjoy his or her new life still depends on understanding and care of the whole of society, especially by their relatives.

 
  Today's Top News     Top Life News
 

Premier: China will consider Taiwan reunification law

 

   
 

China, Britain push for stronger relations

 

   
 

Taiwan recount to settle vote dispute

 

   
 

China denies plan of administrative remap

 

   
 

Tornado pummels Guangdong areas, kills 6

 

   
 

Red Cross: Iraq abuse routine, systematic

 

   
  Transsexual's wedding mirrors social changes
   
  'American Idol' losers are winning big
   
  Impotence drug could offer long-term help
   
  Calls for "paid holiday" rise as holidays end
   
  75% students learn about sex through porn: survey
   
  Irish art shines in new area
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
Transexual steals Miss Universe-China show
   
Chinese transexual appears at beauty pageant
   
Sex-change woman gets married
  Feature  
  Zheng Yuanjie's 19 years in fairy tales  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产日韩欧美日韩大片 | 免费精品视频 | 亚洲综合影院 | 精品在线免费观看 | 国产伦精品一区二区三区在线 | 日韩国产在线观看 | 青草免费视频 | 精品一区二区免费视频 | 国产日韩欧美精品 | 亚洲福利一区 | 黄色小视频在线免费观看 | 日韩视频二区 | 国产激情视频在线 | 日韩精品免费在线观看 | 天堂8中文 | 官场少妇尤物雪白高耸 | 色婷婷婷| 国产美女一区二区 | 亚洲九九夜夜 | 曰韩毛片| 一级片在线播放 | 四虎wz | 国产小视频在线 | 国产黄在线观看 | 久久久久久久久久国产 | 国产91在线播放 | 亚洲精品免费在线观看 | 深夜福利久久 | 天天夜夜操 | 亚洲第一黄网 | 亚洲精品在线免费 | 麻豆91视频| 天天拍天天操 | www.午夜 | 国产黄色片视频 | 国产一区二区在线播放 | 亚洲视频色 | www.一区| 亚洲另类色图 | 男女啪啪免费视频 | 亚洲va韩国va欧美va精品 |