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The idea or concept for the proposal for the SingaporeBienalle is about waiting. The ambient will look like awaiting room in a clinic. The clinic symbolise somethingpersonal to transwomen. We feel discomfort going tothe government hospital and clinic and choose to self-medicate and rather going to the pharmacy to buy the

medicine. Often in Hospital and clinic they call by ourI.C./I.D. names which is a male name but a peson whosbeing called usually look more like Jane than James.

The whole of our lives were waiting for something. Beit from acceptance (Self-acceptance, family acceptance,society accpetance), waiting for customers (for thosewho are doing sex work), opportunity, waiting for love,waiting for court hearing (after being arrested by thereligious officers), waiting for job applications reply, even

waiting for inclusivity within the community, healing(after surgery like breast augmentation, nose job or sexualre-assignment surgery or SRS) and also waiting for badlaws that criminalize us like the syariah law in all theMalaysian states which simply stopping us from simplybeing honest with ourselves.

Inside here, i try to portray transwoman in naked becausewere constantly being judged by the society or theheteronormatives or in other words we often take thebeatings all the time while sitting/waiting is part of ourprocess in many different scenarios in our lives.

This visual also is an ongoing experiment because ibelieve there are more that i havent thought of and thisis just what i can think of so far.

Here i would like to thank the curators, the people andSAM for involving me in this event. For me its also a

chance, an outlet to spread the awareness of the state oftranspeople not just in Malaysia but also outside in SouthEast Asia and maybe the world as well. Thank you.

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Dear TV3,

After viewing the talkshow Wanita Hari Ini Pondan Ancaman Wanita on 4th October 2011, Iwas utterly disgusted in the way your station has portrayed women and transsexuals in Malaysia.Not only has the programme stereotyped women as only working as Makeup Artists or WeddingPlanners, but also suggested that women are weak and whiny when faced with the competitiveworking industry.

It is very unprofessional for the hosts themselves to be not educated in the area of discussionbefore the show. What you are showing on television confuses everyone about the issue andincite hate towards the prejudiced. The term Pondan and MakNyah are 2 very differentclasses of gender expression. Pondan refers to effeminate MEN, which are Lelaki Lembut.Whereas MakNyah refers to Transsexuals which are males that desire to be totally female,usually undergoing surgery to alter the body. Pondan or Lelaki Lembut are usually flamboyantmen that IDENTIFY themselves as MEN/LELAKI.

A point that was brought forward in the show was, women are threatened because thepondans are monopolizing the makeup industry. This is wrong as Culinary Arts, Makeup andHairstyling industries are dominated by men. Masculine men in fact. The title instead should beLelaki Ancaman Wanita, because these men are doing what used to be thought as womens

job. We have come a long way to recognize that women no longer are subjected to careersin beauty only, but also very capable in previously male-dominated careers like police force,entrepreneurship, civil engineering... etc. Equal career opportunities are given and the best persongets the job, there is no grounds for women in complaining that their work is being taken fromthem. This violates the Malaysian Constitution that guarantees equality and non-discriminationon the basis of gender.

I am also appalled when pondan/maknyah are accused of stealing the husbands from women.Blaming others of the unfaithfulness of ones husband is very childish and illogical. Happiness andtrust between man and wife requires more than just sex and food, there is so much more tomarriage. Both sides should seek family counselors when faced with cheating, instead of puttingthe blame on some innocent person. It is the husband that is cheating, not the transsexual, andso she does not deserve to be held responsible for the mens actions.

Equally inappropriate are the panel for discussion. Fatin Sarjat, a university student; Dr. EdwardChan, who is an unqualified psychologist; and Azwan Ali, who is a crossdresser.I have checked with Dr. Alvin Ng, President of Malaysian Society of Clinical Psychology(MSCP), that Dr. Edward Chan is not a registered clinical psychologist and is NOT QUALIFIEDto explain the situation to the mass public. Hes views on transsexualism may not be calibratedwith the worlds standard and thus cannot be used as a reference on the topic.Azwan Ali, is a crossdresser. He is a Pondan in all its definition - a soft BOY/effeminate MEN.Crossdressers are people that dress up as the opposite sex for the thrills of it, but is totallycomfortable with their sexual organs. He cannot represent the maknyah community because he

never had the need to be a woman. He was having fun being flamboyant, which he still isadorning large rings and bracelets on the show.Cik Fatin Sarjat is included i believe for the views from the younger generation, but it is notappropriate for her to tell her views about religion on this issue, when she herself is not beingreligious. Her hair is let loose, and dyed golden, whilst commenting on how pondan is wrong inthe words of the Quran - foolish!

I would like to remind your station, that all citizens of Malaysia are protected under theFederal Constitution and Defamation Act 1957. Under no circumstances may any discriminationor defamation be broadcast to incite hate towards Malaysians, regardless of gender. I hereby insistthat your station release a press statement to apologize for the slanderous broadcast made toenact fear and hatred towards the transsexual community in Malaysia.

--:: Jellene Eva ::Musician | Artist | Geek | WomanAttitude is no substitute for competence. - Eric S. Raymond


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STOP THE VIOLENCE AND PERSECUTION TOWARDS USPress Statement by the Mak Nyah Community of MalaysiaDate: 30 November 2010

We are the Mak Nyah community and we are being persecuted by Section 66 on Lelakiberlagak seperti perempuan of the Syariah Criminal Enactment (Negeri Sembilan) 1992(please refer to this section and similar sections in other states in Malaysia in Appendix

1). We have suffered mental distress, physical violence and even sexual molestation atthe hands of the religious officers who enforce these laws. We are stripped of a life ofdignity and deprived of our personal liberty, and we fear for our lives. We are unable tostep out of our homes without the fear of getting harassed, abused or arrested. We are nolonger able to go out or to eat and drink in public without the fear of harassment andabuse from the religious officers who enforce these laws. We demand that the religiousauthorities of the State of Negeri Sembilan and all its officers stop harassing, victimisingand persecuting us for who we are.In Negeri Sembilan where we live, we are forced to walk around without our brassieres asit is used as evidence against us upon arrest. We are advised by the religious officers tojust wear t-shirts, track bottoms or mens shorts. Despite following these instructions, we arestill arrested on the basis that we physically look like women. We are sexually molested orour breasts are groped when the religious officers who enforce these laws insist on checkingif we are wearing brassieres. We are sometimes made to change our clothes in full view ofthe religious officers.We are instructed to plead Guilty by the religious officers and even by the statesLegal Aid Bureau. Without proper legal advice, we plead guilty and as a result we aresentenced with heavy fines and sometimes we even face imprisonment. Under such laws, itis impossible for us to live and earn a living. Sometimes, we are also compelled to attendmandatory religious counseling sessions. We are Mak Nyahs. No amount of counselingor coercion can ever change that. All we ask is to be left alone and for respect of our

personal and private lives. Such mandatory counseling we consider to be an infringement ofour personal liberty.We also suffer hardships in obtaining employment as we are discriminated against byemployers on the basis of who we are. We suffer rejection in schools and in someinstitutions of higher learning. At the latter, we are sometimes required to attend bootcamps in order to make us more manly.As Mak Nyahs, we have the right to live with dignity like all citizens in Malaysia. Wehave the right to our identity, the right to self-expression in our dress and mannerisms,the right to respect for our personal and private life and the right to livelihood as othercitizens in Malaysia. These are our fundamental liberties as enshrined in Articles 5, 8 and

10 of the Federal Constitution, the supreme law of the land. Any law that violates ourrights arbitrarily is no longer good law.These are also violations of our human rights under the Universal Declaration of HumanRights and the Jogjakarta Principles on human rights relating to sexual orientation andgender identity.

We ask the Legislative assemblypersons of Negeri Sembilan, the Negeri Sembilan ReligiousDepartment Directors and all other Malaysian elected representatives and leaders to stopthe violence and persecution that has been targeted against our Mak Nyah community.

We appeal to all who believe in freedom under the Federal Constitution, human rights,non-discrimination and equality, to stand with us and join us in our call for the stop ofthe targeted persecution and violence towards our Mak Nyah community in Malaysia.


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Appendix 1

Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment of otherstates in Malaysia which have been used topersecute the Mak Nyah community

ENAKMEN 4 TAHUN 1992ENAKMEN JENAYAH SYARIAH NEGERI

SEMBILAN 1992

BAHAGIAN IV - KESALAHANDarihal kesalahan mengenai kehormatan diri

Seksyen 66. Lelaki berlagak seperti perempuan.

Mana-mana orang lelaki yang memakai pakaianperempuan atau berlagak seperti perempuan dimana-mana tempat awam adalah melakukansatu kesalahan dan hendaklah apabila disabitkandikenakan hukuman denda tidak melebihi satu

ribu ringgit atau penjara selama tempoh tidakmelebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya.

ENAKMEN 9 TAHUN 1988

ENAKMEN KANUN JENAYAH SYARIAH 1988(NEGERI KEDAH)

BAHAGIAN II - KESALAHAN-KESALAHAN

Seksyen 7. Pondan.

Mana-mana orang lelaki yang memakai pakaianperempuan dan berlagak seperti perempuan dimana-mana tempat awam adalah bersalah atassuatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan,dikenakan hukuman denda tidak melebihi saturibu ringgit atau penjara selama tempoh tidakmelebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya.


ENAKMEN KANUN JENAYAH SYARIAH 1985

(NEGERI KELANTAN)


Seksyen 7. Pondan.

Seseorang lelaki yang memakai pakaianperempuan dan berlagak seperti perempuan dimana-mana tempat awam adalah bersalah atassuatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan,dikenakan hukuman denda tidak melebihi saturibu ringgit atau penjara selama tempoh tidak

melebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya.


ENAKMEN KESALAHAN SYARIAH (NEGERIMELAKA) 1991

BAHAGIAN IV - KESALAHAN-KESALAHAN

LAIN

Seksyen 72. Lelaki berlagak seperti perempuan.Seseorang lelaki yang memakai pakaianperempuan dan berlagak seperti perempuan dimana-mana tempat awam tanpa alasan yangmunasabah adalah merupakan suatu kesalahandan apabila disabitkan kesalahan boleh dikenakanhukuman denda tidak melebihi satu ribu ringgitatau dipenjara selama tempoh tidak melebihienam bulan atau kedua-duanya sekali.


ENAKMEN JENAYAH DALAM SYARAK 1991(NEGERI PERLIS)


Seksyen 7. Pondan.

(1) Mana-mana orang lelaki yang berlagak sepertiperempuan (tasyabbuh) di mana-mana tempatawam adalah bersalah atas suatu kesalahan danboleh, apabila disabitkan, dikenakan hukumandenda tidak melebihi lima ribu ringgit ataupenjara selama tempoh tidak melebihi tiga tahunatau kedua-duanya.


ENAKMEN KESALAHAN JENAYAH

SYARIAH 1995 (NEGERI SABAH)BAHAGIAN IV - KESALAHAN

Seksyen 92. Lelaki berlagak seperti perempuanatau sebaliknya.

Seseorang lelaki yang memakai pakaianperempuan atau berlagak seperti perempuan atausebaliknya di mana-mana tempat awam adalahbersalah atas suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabiladisabitkan dikenakan hukuman denda tidakmelebihi satu ribu ringgit atau penjara selamatempoh tidak melebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya sekali.


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