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Transgender woman reveals true self after nearly 8 decades
By Li Qian |
June 13, 2012, Wednesday
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An 84-year-old calligrapher who started to wear women's clothes and had hormones to enlarge his breasts four years ago is the oldest known transgender woman in China.
Qian Jinfan of Jiaxing City in Zhejiang Province decided to disclose her secret four years ago, and gave herself the feminine name Yiling.
Qian said she has wanted to be a woman since the age of three and concealed the secret until turning 80. She successfully deceived her family members including her wife and son, Nanfang Daily reported today.
"The current me is the real me," Qian told the newspaper. "The past 80 years covered the real me." Qian added that she tried to take pills to look more like a woman in the 1960s, but gave up because the medicine didn't work.
Qian wrote a letter to Foshan Cultural, Radio, TV, Film, Press, and Publication Bureau in Guangdong Province, where she worked before retiring to let everyone know she considered herself a woman.
Qian's relatives, friends and the bureau have been respectful and understanding, according to the report.
Qian added she has longed for transsexual surgery, but the procedure always seemed too risky and complicated.
Qian Jinfan of Jiaxing City in Zhejiang Province decided to disclose her secret four years ago, and gave herself the feminine name Yiling.
Qian said she has wanted to be a woman since the age of three and concealed the secret until turning 80. She successfully deceived her family members including her wife and son, Nanfang Daily reported today.
"The current me is the real me," Qian told the newspaper. "The past 80 years covered the real me." Qian added that she tried to take pills to look more like a woman in the 1960s, but gave up because the medicine didn't work.
Qian wrote a letter to Foshan Cultural, Radio, TV, Film, Press, and Publication Bureau in Guangdong Province, where she worked before retiring to let everyone know she considered herself a woman.
Qian's relatives, friends and the bureau have been respectful and understanding, according to the report.
Qian added she has longed for transsexual surgery, but the procedure always seemed too risky and complicated.
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