Transwomen Show Potential and Creativity

To realize her aspiration, she recalled, she had gone through tough and traumatizing times, especially as she was transitioning socially as a transwoman.

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A number of people attend a mujahadah or prayer together at the Al Fatah Waria Islamic Boarding School, Jagalan Village, Banguntapan District, Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, Friday (22/7/2022) night.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Having a gender identity or expression incongruent with sex assigned at birth does not prevent transwomen -- as some of them have proven -- from living a normal life of work, achievement and contribution to society.

Alegra Wolter, a transwomen’s medical doctor at Angsamerah clinic, South Jakarta, said the key to her success in becoming a doctor, in addition to personal factors, was social acceptance and family support.