here is a clip from the Miss International Queen 2006 - Swimsuit Competition
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Hey, Where All My Taurons At?
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
(Almost) a Woman - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
"“I AM a woman. I’m not gay.”
This succinct line from a song by a local artist best describes how Transpinays (or Filipino transsexuals) see and accept themselves –and hope the rest of the world would too..."
(Almost) a Woman - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
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This succinct line from a song by a local artist best describes how Transpinays (or Filipino transsexuals) see and accept themselves –and hope the rest of the world would too..."
(Almost) a Woman - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
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Friday, March 5, 2010
FORUM ON TRANSGENDER HUMAN RIGHTS and RICA PARAS DAY
Task Force Pride (TFP) Philippines
Metropolitan Community Church Quezon City (MCCQC)
Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP)
Present
The right to self-determination
A forum on transgender human rights
Resource Speaker:
Sass Rogando Sasot
Founding member, STRAP
Communications Officer for Asia, ILGA
Moderator:
Naomi Fontanos
Chairwoman, STRAP
13 March 2010, Saturday, 7:30 pm
MCC QC Chapel
3rd Floor, 56 Mindanao Avenue
Quezon City
Bring friends with you.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Metro Magazine article about former STRAP Chairwoman
Pick up the March issue of the Philippines' Metro magazine.
There is an article in the I, Woman section called Transpinay featuring Dee Mendoza. Well worth a read!
Dee (on right in photo) has been a key figure for the STRAP group for many years, she recently teamed up with the new Chairwoman Naomi (left) to promote HIV awareness with Outrage magazine.
CLICK HERE for more information about STRAP.
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Friday, February 26, 2010
Thailand's sex change surgeon, Dr Preecha Tiewtranon | CNNGo.com
Thailand's sex change surgeon, Dr Preecha Tiewtranon | CNNGo.com
A Bangkok sexual reassignment surgeon shares the graphic details behind these complex procedures
Read more: Thailand's sex change surgeon, Dr Preecha Tiewtranon | CNNGo.com
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A Bangkok sexual reassignment surgeon shares the graphic details behind these complex procedures
Read more: Thailand's sex change surgeon, Dr Preecha Tiewtranon | CNNGo.com
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Effective natural breast enlargement system
Introducing Proven, Step-by-Step Techniques That Have Helped Thousands of Transgender Females Grow Their Own Full, Feminine Breasts...
My name is Lucille Sorella. Over the past 8 years, through a long and painstaking process of trail, error, and experimentation, I've developed a sure-fire, 100% guaranteed system for natural male breast enlargement that has helped thousands of people just like you.
I've spent 8 years and over $4,000 searching for a solution to my flat chest … and I know what works and what doesn’t. My mission is to reveal to you the truth behind natural breast enlargement - without hype or empty promises.
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My name is Lucille Sorella. Over the past 8 years, through a long and painstaking process of trail, error, and experimentation, I've developed a sure-fire, 100% guaranteed system for natural male breast enlargement that has helped thousands of people just like you.
I've spent 8 years and over $4,000 searching for a solution to my flat chest … and I know what works and what doesn’t. My mission is to reveal to you the truth behind natural breast enlargement - without hype or empty promises.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
New Transpinay blog for you to read
We have just found this cool blog called CLIOGODDESS, it has many interesting entries from the past few years that you should enjoy. Below we have copied a post of interest from Thursday, September 20, 2007...
"I AM A WOMAN! Is it really hard to believe that i am?
If you think you know who i am. If you think you can categorize me. Then go for a hike and keep your sorry ass from this world.
I am woman. Trangendered woman that is.
"A transwoman (also spelled trans woman, trans-woman) or t-girl is a transsexual or transgender person who was naturally born or physically assigned as male at birth but feels that this is not an accurate or complete description of themselves and identifies as a woman."
There are a lot of tests to check that a person is truly transgendered. One of them is Sex And Gender Explorer (SAGE) test. An online java scripted questionnaire based on the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for Gender Identity Disorders. There are 1000 items in the test and if the examinee yields a score of at least 650, the examinee is considered a transsexual.
Here's my result:
SEE???
Now dont you think its about time to trash your unfounded beliefs? coz admit it. You're not an expert about the subject."
click here to take the test yourself
click here to read the blog
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"I AM A WOMAN! Is it really hard to believe that i am?
If you think you know who i am. If you think you can categorize me. Then go for a hike and keep your sorry ass from this world.
I am woman. Trangendered woman that is.
"A transwoman (also spelled trans woman, trans-woman) or t-girl is a transsexual or transgender person who was naturally born or physically assigned as male at birth but feels that this is not an accurate or complete description of themselves and identifies as a woman."
There are a lot of tests to check that a person is truly transgendered. One of them is Sex And Gender Explorer (SAGE) test. An online java scripted questionnaire based on the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for Gender Identity Disorders. There are 1000 items in the test and if the examinee yields a score of at least 650, the examinee is considered a transsexual.
Here's my result:
SEE???
Now dont you think its about time to trash your unfounded beliefs? coz admit it. You're not an expert about the subject."
click here to take the test yourself
click here to read the blog
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
Male in the Philippines, but Female in Germany: The curious case of Jenny T. Ramsey
“You cannot renew your passport as you can’t have dual identity,” said a staff of the Philippine Embassy in Berlin to Jenny T. Ramsey. Jenny didn’t do anything illegal. She’s not pretending to be somebody else, deceptively living two lives. She just epitomizes two of the inconveniences of being a human of transsexual experience: 1) Having a legal sex that doesn’t match one’s actual, lived, and to be a bit scientific about it, neurological sex; and 2) Having a legal name that doesn’t match one’s actual, everyday name. But Jenny’s case is in an entirely different level. And I reckon that, given that there are just very few countries in the world that legally affirms the gender identity of transsexual people, this is one of the 21st century dilemmas of transsexual people: Jenny currently has two legal sexes and two legal names from two different countries.
Jenny is one of the four original founders of the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines. Sometime in 2003, Jenny went to Germany to study; she lived in Erfurt with her German partner. In 2006, Jenny decided to undergo sex reassignment surgery in Thailand. During this time, transsexual people (at least, post-op transsexual women) have successfully petitioned local courts in the Philippines to legally change their sex and name. One of them even got married in a civil wedding in the Philippines. But unfortunately, in October 2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines rendered a decision that this can no longer be done unless Philippines Congress passes a law that would allow such changes. This was known as the Mely Silverio Decision.
Because of the Silverio Decision, Jenny decided to file a petition to change her name and sex from male to female in a German court. She was represented by a top-notch lawyer in Germany. On 23 July 2008, Amskerich Ehrfurt granted Jenny’s petition. It was a groundbreaking case in Germany as Jenny was, as far as we know, the first non-German citizen to be able to change her legal sex and name in Germany. Sometime last year, another Filipino was able to change his legal sex and name in Germany, this time from female to male.
After more than five years of being together, on 2 April 2009, Jenny and her German boyfriend married. Afterwards, Jenny was granted a temporary residence permit with her female name on it. Then Jenny inquired with Ausländer Behorde (German immigration) about what would happen when she travels abroad: Would she use her Philippine passport, hence would travel as “male”? The immigration officers discussed this among themselves and provided this solution: They issued Jenny a Reiseausweis für Ausländer (Travel document for foreigners) bearing her female sex and name. According to www.duesseldorf.de, this passport is a temporary passport and is only issued in very exceptional cases.
On 28 January 2010, Jenny went to the Philippine Embassy in Berlin to renew her Philippine passport. To make sure that Jenny is not illegally staying in Germany, they asked her to show her visa. Jenny showed her temporary residence permit and Reiseausweis für Ausländer. The discrepancy between Jenny’s identity in her Philippine-issued documents and German-issued ones led to the confiscation of Jenny’s passport (though they told her that they are just getting it for “safekeeping”). They said they will raise this issue with the Department of Foreign Affairs of Manila (DFA) and wait for a decision. Given that it’s national election season in the Philippines, this will mean Jenny has to wait.
When in Rome, do what the Romans do – but which Rome?
But wait for what? What could be the possible decision of DFA? I can think of two possible scenarios: 1) DFA honors the change of legal sex and name of Jenny and issue her a Philippine passport bearing a female sex and name. Or 2) DFA doesn’t recognize the decision of the German court and issue Jenny a Philippine passport bearing a male sex and name. Because of the Silverio Decision, Scenario 2 is more probable to happen than Scenario 1. If Scenario 2 happened, I would like to ask the DFA a glaring WHY?
In July 2009, 67 Filipinos were arrested in Saudi Arabia for crossdressing. In reaction to this, Silvestro Bello, a cabinet secretary and top aide of the Philippine president, pulled the when-in-Rome-do-what-the-Romans-do card and was quoted as saying, “When [Filipinos] enter their host country, they should know the culture of their host country." Crossdressing is a crime in Saudi Arabia. The 67 Filipinos were sentenced to imprisonment and flogging but were pardoned and released.
Now, why am I bringing this up? Pardon my legal ignorance but it seems to me that the Philippines is more bent on honoring and respecting a ridiculous, dehumanizing law, such as the anti-crossdressing law of Arab countries than honoring and respecting a life-affirming legal procedure such as the legal change of sex and name that was granted to Jenny by a German Court.
Yes: It’s such a shame that it’s not Jenny’s mother country that has showed care, compassion, and consideration to her humanity. Well, this just proves that no matter how familiar a place is to you, sometimes it just don’t feel like home. Jenny now considers Germany as her home as this is the country where she can live her real life, socially and legally. And to the Philippine Embassy in Berlin: It’s not Jenny’s fault that she currently has a dual identity: It’s the fault of the Philippine government as it refuses to recognize and affirm transsexual people’s reality.
During our phone conversation, Jenny and I were musing about what is her legal status now, given that her Philippine passport was confiscated (okay – was kept for “safekeeping”). She’s not yet a German citizen. The Philippine embassy won’t yet issue her a new passport as they don’t want her to have a dual identity. Is she currently a stateless person? A refugee? A possible asylum seeker? We don’t know. All we know is Jenny is willing to renounce her Philippine citizenship anytime.
After all, who needs a citizenship that doesn’t legally affirm your reality?
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*Jenny T. Ramsey is not the real name of the subject of this essay. She told me she would be willing to be contacted by those who would be interested in her case. Just email me your contact details at srsasot@gmail.com and I’ll forward it to her.
* Repost as you please.
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By: Sass Rogando Sasot, transgender rights activist, founding member the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP), Communication Officer in Asia of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, & Intersex Association (ILGA), and columnist at Outrage Magazine (http://www.outragemag.com/web/).
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Jenny is one of the four original founders of the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines. Sometime in 2003, Jenny went to Germany to study; she lived in Erfurt with her German partner. In 2006, Jenny decided to undergo sex reassignment surgery in Thailand. During this time, transsexual people (at least, post-op transsexual women) have successfully petitioned local courts in the Philippines to legally change their sex and name. One of them even got married in a civil wedding in the Philippines. But unfortunately, in October 2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines rendered a decision that this can no longer be done unless Philippines Congress passes a law that would allow such changes. This was known as the Mely Silverio Decision.
Because of the Silverio Decision, Jenny decided to file a petition to change her name and sex from male to female in a German court. She was represented by a top-notch lawyer in Germany. On 23 July 2008, Amskerich Ehrfurt granted Jenny’s petition. It was a groundbreaking case in Germany as Jenny was, as far as we know, the first non-German citizen to be able to change her legal sex and name in Germany. Sometime last year, another Filipino was able to change his legal sex and name in Germany, this time from female to male.
After more than five years of being together, on 2 April 2009, Jenny and her German boyfriend married. Afterwards, Jenny was granted a temporary residence permit with her female name on it. Then Jenny inquired with Ausländer Behorde (German immigration) about what would happen when she travels abroad: Would she use her Philippine passport, hence would travel as “male”? The immigration officers discussed this among themselves and provided this solution: They issued Jenny a Reiseausweis für Ausländer (Travel document for foreigners) bearing her female sex and name. According to www.duesseldorf.de, this passport is a temporary passport and is only issued in very exceptional cases.
On 28 January 2010, Jenny went to the Philippine Embassy in Berlin to renew her Philippine passport. To make sure that Jenny is not illegally staying in Germany, they asked her to show her visa. Jenny showed her temporary residence permit and Reiseausweis für Ausländer. The discrepancy between Jenny’s identity in her Philippine-issued documents and German-issued ones led to the confiscation of Jenny’s passport (though they told her that they are just getting it for “safekeeping”). They said they will raise this issue with the Department of Foreign Affairs of Manila (DFA) and wait for a decision. Given that it’s national election season in the Philippines, this will mean Jenny has to wait.
When in Rome, do what the Romans do – but which Rome?
But wait for what? What could be the possible decision of DFA? I can think of two possible scenarios: 1) DFA honors the change of legal sex and name of Jenny and issue her a Philippine passport bearing a female sex and name. Or 2) DFA doesn’t recognize the decision of the German court and issue Jenny a Philippine passport bearing a male sex and name. Because of the Silverio Decision, Scenario 2 is more probable to happen than Scenario 1. If Scenario 2 happened, I would like to ask the DFA a glaring WHY?
In July 2009, 67 Filipinos were arrested in Saudi Arabia for crossdressing. In reaction to this, Silvestro Bello, a cabinet secretary and top aide of the Philippine president, pulled the when-in-Rome-do-what-the-Romans-do card and was quoted as saying, “When [Filipinos] enter their host country, they should know the culture of their host country." Crossdressing is a crime in Saudi Arabia. The 67 Filipinos were sentenced to imprisonment and flogging but were pardoned and released.
Now, why am I bringing this up? Pardon my legal ignorance but it seems to me that the Philippines is more bent on honoring and respecting a ridiculous, dehumanizing law, such as the anti-crossdressing law of Arab countries than honoring and respecting a life-affirming legal procedure such as the legal change of sex and name that was granted to Jenny by a German Court.
Yes: It’s such a shame that it’s not Jenny’s mother country that has showed care, compassion, and consideration to her humanity. Well, this just proves that no matter how familiar a place is to you, sometimes it just don’t feel like home. Jenny now considers Germany as her home as this is the country where she can live her real life, socially and legally. And to the Philippine Embassy in Berlin: It’s not Jenny’s fault that she currently has a dual identity: It’s the fault of the Philippine government as it refuses to recognize and affirm transsexual people’s reality.
During our phone conversation, Jenny and I were musing about what is her legal status now, given that her Philippine passport was confiscated (okay – was kept for “safekeeping”). She’s not yet a German citizen. The Philippine embassy won’t yet issue her a new passport as they don’t want her to have a dual identity. Is she currently a stateless person? A refugee? A possible asylum seeker? We don’t know. All we know is Jenny is willing to renounce her Philippine citizenship anytime.
After all, who needs a citizenship that doesn’t legally affirm your reality?
---
*Jenny T. Ramsey is not the real name of the subject of this essay. She told me she would be willing to be contacted by those who would be interested in her case. Just email me your contact details at srsasot@gmail.com and I’ll forward it to her.
* Repost as you please.
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By: Sass Rogando Sasot, transgender rights activist, founding member the Society of Transsexual Women of the Philippines (STRAP), Communication Officer in Asia of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, & Intersex Association (ILGA), and columnist at Outrage Magazine (http://www.outragemag.com/web/).
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
asiaone News: Transgender celebrities
"HAVING gone through a sex change makes you exceptionally lucky in stardom. Or so it seems.
Lianhe Wanbao listed out certain known personalities who have had a sex change - Taiwanese model Alicia Liu Xun-ai, Japanese Haruna Ai, Korean Harisu Lee Kyung-eun - have all made a name for themselves in the entertainment industry..."
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http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20100129-195340.html
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Lianhe Wanbao listed out certain known personalities who have had a sex change - Taiwanese model Alicia Liu Xun-ai, Japanese Haruna Ai, Korean Harisu Lee Kyung-eun - have all made a name for themselves in the entertainment industry..."
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http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20100129-195340.html
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Transgender toilets in Thailand, will the Philippines be next?
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