Becoming a Malaysian Trans Man: Gender, Society, Body and Faith (Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia)

"This book explores the fluid, mutable and contingent ways in which transgender men in Malaysia construct their subjectivities. Against the dearth of academic resources on Malaysian trans men, this ground-breaking monograph is rooted in the lived experiences of Malaysian trans men whose vicissitudes have mostly been hidden, silenced and overlooked. Comprising diverse age groups, ethnicities, socio-economic status, educational backgrounds and religious persuasions, these trans men reveal how they navigate life in a country with secular and religious laws that criminalise their embodiments, and the strategies they deploy to achieve self-determination and self-actualisation despite being perceived as aberrant and sinful. This book demonstrates how negotiations with constitutive elements such as gender identity, social interaction, citizenship, legality, bodily struggle, medical transitioning and personal spiritual validation condition the becomings of Malaysian trans men."-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Prologue (Joseph N. Goh)....Pages 1-38 Engendering Identity (Joseph N. Goh)....Pages 39-71 Engaging with Society (Joseph N. Goh)....Pages 73-106 Grappling with Gender Dysphoria (Joseph N. Goh)....Pages 107-140 Embarking on Medical Transitioning (Joseph N. Goh)....Pages 141-175 Performing Faith (Joseph N. Goh)....Pages 177-209 Epilogue (Joseph N. Goh)....Pages 211-223 Back Matter ....Pages 225-256