![]() Never underestimate the things people do for love. I simply cannot imagine what it is like, but it seems to be a perpetual prison one cannot escape. But who are we to condemn this couple if what they’re looking for is only a chance at happiness?Ĭan you imagine how it would be like, for a person to feel trapped in his/her own body, led by society as to how they are supposed to live their lives, condemned by the same society when he/she finally has the courage to come out of his/her shell? Who are we to say how these people should live? A genetic disorder, an extra X or Y chromosome that transforms us to what we are, but deep inside, we could never be “normal”. Of course we hold firmly to our culture and eastern values. I think it is perfectly all right for these two people to be married to each other. The article irked me, as I think it was rather unfair to stereotype Malaysians to be narrow-minded twits who could not accept such an affair. Chung underwent three major operations to become a woman, having known from young that she was a woman, trapped in a man's body. The article was about the controversial, same-sex union between Jessie Chung and Joshua Beh. I came upon this article as I was reading The Star online a week ago.
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