The story of Li
Xiongjin, whose long life dream was to become a woman recently went viral
after he was featured on a Chinese reality show. Seven years ago, the
30-year-old from Hunam Province, started taking female hormones.
Three
years
ago, unable to afford the expensive gender re-alignment surgery, he
attempted to castrate himself with anesthetics and surgical tools that
he bought after researching online. However, the failed castration
caused him to almost die due to excessive bleeding.
Li regards Jin Xing, a
famous dancer and one of the most successful trans-women in China, as
his idol. He said he respects and admires Jin, who underwent
gender realignment surgery back in 1996 despite massive social pressure
at the time. Li says he wants to follow the brave example of Jin Xing,
which led him to appear on a reality TV show to find a way to complete
the necessary operations.
Li says he hated his masculine
appearance with the onset of puberty and has consistently shaven his leg
hair and grown his hair long for what he considers to be a more
feminine appearance.
The Chinese government implemented new
guidelines in respect to gender reassignment surgery in 2009. Those
wishing to undergo surgery must first apply to the police to change
their gender on their official registration documents, live openly as
the gender for a number of years, be over twenty, cannot have a criminal
record and must have informed their immediate family.
A
month ago, Li told his parents of his lifelong dream of becoming a woman
and they agreed to support his decision. Li’s mother is sympathetic to
her son’s dreams and blames herself for never paying enough attention to
Li’s desires and feels distressed that her boy has suffered alone.
A plastic surgery hospital volunteered to help Li after watching the
reality show, with the first step involving micro plastic injections.
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