Finding a voice, fighting for rights: the emergence of the transgender movement in Hong Kong¹

Transpeople, Transprejudice and Pathologization: A Seven-Country Factor Analytic Study

“…Only a few studies listed earlier have investigated the Asian transman's experience (and usually in conjunction with study of transwomen). Examples are Lunsing (2005) and Mackie (2001) in Japan; Polat et al (2005) and Yuksel et al (2000) in Turkey; Emerton (2004aEmerton ( , 2004bEmerton ( , 2006, King (2008), King et al (2009), Ma (1997 and Tong (2001) in Hong Kong; Kronick (2000) in Taiwan; and Tsoi (1990Tsoi ( , 1992 in Singapore. Aside from these five countries, there appears to be little substantial research into the lives of Asian transmen.…”

“…In all five countries transpeople are the victims of prejudice and discrimination, and are socially marginalized (e.g. see Emerton, 2006;Jenkins et al, 2005;Teh, 2002;Tsoi, 1990;Winter, 2006c). Notwithstanding, these countries offer varying life opportunities to transpeople, as illustrated by their policies on, for example, (a) gender documentation (ranging from Singapore, where post-operative transpeople can change their ID cards and legal gender status, to Thailand, where neither is possible), and (b) healthcare (from subsidized SRS in Hong Kong, to a prohibition on SRS involving Muslim patients or doctors in Malaysia).…”

Measuring Hong Kong Undergraduate Students’ Attitudes Towards Transpeople

“…Coleman et al 1992;Costa and Matzner 2006;Doussantousse and Keovongchith 2005;Earth 2006;Gallagher 2005;Jackson 1995;Jenkins et al 2005;Luhmann 2006;Mackie 2001;Matzner 2001;Nanda 2000;Totman 2003;Walters 2006;Winter 2006a, b, c); (b) Shinto Japan (e.g. Lunsing 2003;Mackie 2001;Okabe et al 2008); (c) Islamic societies such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Oman, Indonesia, Turkey and Malaysia (Boellstorff 2004;Hossain 2004;Jami 2005;Peletz 1996;Polat et al 2005;Teh 1998Teh , 2001Teh , 2002Teh and Khartini 2000;Wikan 1991;Yuksel et al 2000); (d) Hindu societies such as India and Nepal (Human Rights Watch 2006;Nanda 1990Nanda , 1993Nanda , 1997People's Union for Civil Liberties-Karnataka 2003); (e) Confucian-influenced societies such as Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore (Emerton 2004(Emerton , 2006Kim et al 2006;King Webster, and Winter, under review;Kronick 2000;Ma 1997Ma , 1999Ruan et al 1989;Tsoi 1990...…”