Ayon kay Dr. Clara Tuck Meng Soo, isang GP sa Canberra, maraming transgender mula sa migrante na pinanggalingan ang nakararanas ng hindi pagtanggap mula sa kanilang pamilya, na naniniwala na ang pagiging transgender ay imbento lamang.
“If you talk to most transgender people themselves, they would actually say that being transgender is actually a part of their innate identity,” aniya.
“Growing up in Australia has actually given them the opportunity to actually explore and affirm their identity ... it's got nothing to do with being Westernised or actually rejecting their culture of origin.”
Pamilyar si Kim sa paniniwalang ito, isang transgender man mula sa Malaysia.
“A lot of the narratives that I've been told when I was coming out is that being transgender is such a Western thing,” sinabi niya sa SBS Examines.
“But throughout time we have existed, throughout all parts of Asian culture. Whether in India, whether we have the hijra in Indonesia, we have our brother boys and sister girls, all the way down to our Faʻafāfine, as well as in Māori culture in New Zealand."
We exist everywhere. It's just not called transgender, but we're here.
Tinatalakay sa episode na ito ng Understanding Hate ang mga epekto ng transphobia sa Australia.
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