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蘋果日報
2010年01月29日
「傳播弟」 未穿幫

  北縣一名男子陳正雄(25歲),因付不出酒駕罰金4萬8000元而潛逃,去年7月間遭通緝,他為籌措罰金竟留起長髮,男扮女裝當起傳播妹,半年來在台北、桃園一帶KTV陪酒伴唱,雖身材壯碩,卻沒有酒客發現他是男兒身。

  陳男前晚濃妝豔抹在三峽「不夜城」KTV陪唱時,遇到警方臨檢,變裝身分當場被識破,花錢叫妹的酒客得知傳播妹變成「傳播弟」,氣得想砸店。陳男說,他從小就喜歡扮成女生,「天生的,改不過來!」家人已經氣到和他斷絕聯絡。

太陽報網頁
2010年01月29日(五)
台《壹週刊》涉侵版權遭抗議

  台灣《壹週刊》內容涉嫌侵犯著作權遭到抗議。台中市醫師公會昨日發表聲明,指台《壹週刊》未經作者及該會的同意,擅自轉載醫師公會內部刊物中,有關藝人利菁變性過程的文章,涉嫌侵犯該會及作者之著作權,除嚴正抗議外,並保留法律追訴權利。

利菁個案僅登內部刊物

  現年四十八歲的利菁是台灣演藝界的主持天后,台《壹週刊》報道指醫師張啟中,將利菁二十九年前變性的始末,刊載於台中市醫師公會內部刊物《台中醫林》,批評醫師公會及作者洩漏病人私隱。事件引起台中市衞生局關注,並介入調查。

  張啟中昨澄清利菁並非自己的病人,而他引述資料發表的文章屬內部刊物,需要密碼才能看到,炮轟台《壹週刊》盜取內部資料進行公開報道,將保留法律追究的權利。

  醫師公會表示,《台中醫林》僅供會員進行醫療經驗交流,並未對外界發行,台《壹週刊》的報道內容未獲公會及作者同意,已侵犯著作權,公會為此提出嚴正抗議。

東方日報
2010年01月29日(五)
北上全面體:男扮女裝玩偷拍

  最近河南有個年輕人,竟然男扮女裝混入公眾女浴室沖涼,乘機偷拍裏面嘅「春光」,最後奸計未能得逞,因為有女客人見佢圍住毛巾,坐喺浴室將個袋摸嚟摸去,就係唔見佢沖涼,於是對佢特別留意,最後發現原來係男扮女裝嘅偷拍狂。

支持易服癖

  事件傳開後,引起網友激烈討論,主要有三個論點,一就係講呢個河南青年係咪有易服癖嘅習慣,如果有呢種習慣,心理上都會認同自己係一個女生,咁佢去女浴室沖涼,係咪情有可原呢?討論結果竟然獲得大多數人嘅支持,以後女士們沖涼真係要小心啲。

  第二個論點,就係對偷拍狂嘅行為大家支唔支持,呢方面比較正面,可能大家都唔希望私隱被侵犯,所以對偷拍嘅行為表示強烈譴責,期間更有唔少人講述自己畀人偷拍嘅遭遇,當中男女都有,睇嚟喜歡偷拍嘅人真係唔少,所以真係要認真對付。

偷拍為上網

  第三個論點就討論青年偷拍嘅目的係乜?其實,不外乎兩種情況,一種係要嚟自娛,另一種係要嚟出售圖利。但網友表示,仲有第三種係既不為滿足自己欲望,亦不為金錢利益,呢種人一樣係偷拍狂,而且夠專業,拍到嘅相片,目的就係為咗放上網。

  網友對第三種人嘅討論最激烈,可以話又愛又恨,因為佢哋比貪錢自娛更病態,存心為出賣別人而活,但好多網友嘅娛樂,亦係靠佢哋嘅貼圖嚟得到滿足,所以喺呢方面各方都爭持不下。至於呢個青年為乜要易服玩偷拍?咁真係要搵法官審過佢至可以清楚。

撰文:小德

蘋果日報
2010年01月28日
春菜愛 河莉秀縱橫日韓 劉薰愛自宮暴紅

*變性人銀河吃香 劉薰愛昨在伊林尾牙上熱舞炒場。

  利菁6年前因「變性人」身分遭揭一夕暴紅,她雖堅稱「雙性人」,但昨陳年變性人話題又浮上檯面。事實上台灣除利菁年收逾4千萬元、劉薰愛「變」出話題,包括日本的春菜愛及韓國河莉秀都靠「變性人」身分,在演藝圈各擁一片天。

  伊林小模劉薰愛自坦承18歲變性後,知名度與工作量大增,1集通告費約3千元,面對利菁因變性話題再惹爭議,她昨大方表示:「公開變性對我是助力,不是阻力;生活上也沒有太大變化與困擾。」

  感情空窗的她將重心放在工作,她昨出席伊林尾牙,同門前男友楊淳斯雖有到場但都刻意躲媒體,她說:「我們還是同事,私下還是朋友。」

春菜愛奪人妖皇后

  是否擔心公開變性後真愛難尋?劉薰愛說:「該來的就會來,不會特別去找。」但強調異性緣仍很強,「之前很多沒聯絡的朋友,新聞曝光後都主動聯絡(包括曾金援她變性的前男友),有人送99朵玫瑰示愛」。

  37歲的日本變性藝人春菜愛,前年因模仿松浦亞彌暴紅,她19年前在人妖酒店工作,4年後取得父母同意變性成為女兒身。她很有表演天分,13歲時曾上電視模仿松田聖子,2年前代表日本參加人妖選美敗北,去年10月捲土重來,3個月內瘦身10公斤,在泰國「第5屆世界人妖選美」奪得后冠。

河莉秀嫁人開秀場

  春菜愛上節目不計形象搞笑,是目前日本最吸睛的綜藝咖,據悉她上黃金時段節目1小時約台幣21萬元。

  另曾來台發展的韓國變性藝人河莉秀,2003年因上張菲《綜藝大哥大》,讓菲哥驚豔,公開與她玩親親,並說上床也無所謂,她的美已超越性別!她2年多前和鄭英振結婚,前年6月還在首爾開了「紅豬」韓式料理店,去年6月又開了以變性人表演為賣點的秀場「MIX-TRANSCLUB」,生意興隆,1晚最高營收達1千萬韓元(約27萬元台幣)。

中華民國 劉薰愛

年齡:23歲(1986/06/12)
學歷:桃園平鎮高中畢
身材:172公分/48公斤
三圍:34C、25、35
作品:《全民最大黨》「梁家婦女」單元飾梁家小妹、《數位遊戲王》、李玖哲MV《蒼天》、走秀
戀情:談過5段戀情,第2個男友資助她做變性手術,也曾與伊林男模楊淳斯交往過
酬勞:電視、購物台等通告每集約3千元

日本 春菜愛

年齡:37歲(1972/07/21)
身材:164公分/54公斤
三圍:35.5、24、35
作品:單曲《I.U.YO.NE》、《夏 凸凹Love》
得獎紀錄:2009「第5屆世界人妖選美」冠軍
酬勞:綜藝1小時約21萬元台幣






韓國 河莉秀

年齡:34歲(1975/02/17)
身材:168公分/48公斤
三圍:35D、24、35
重要作品:專輯《狐狸》《舞法自拔》電視劇《警索》電影《黃色頭髮2》《桃色》、《纏身》
片酬:約400萬元台幣

蘋果日報
2010年01月28日
蘋論:利菁何辜

  台中一名醫師張啟中在醫師公會的一般會刊上,指名道姓把利菁的變性手術當作案例討論,並指出原為男性的利菁做過陰道重建手術等等。再度引起醫師透露病患隱私的批評。

有違專業倫理

  台灣醫師不斷洩露病患隱私的情形很嚴重。像是多位醫師在上屆市長選舉前聯合透露胡志強患病的消息。前不久,也有醫師向記者公開孫仲瑜在他那裡整容的經過。就算利菁案例刊登在醫學研究刊物上供醫師們研討,也應以假名為之,何況只是普通會刊,更不應指名道姓而有違專業倫理。

  變性人的社會接納度和社會地位很可憐,遠比同性戀受到更嚴厲的歧視。他們有錯嗎?染色體錯置是他們的錯嗎?選擇性別認同的自由有錯嗎?文明國家早已把選擇性別認同的自由,當成公民的權利看待,屬於人權的一種。只要他們是守法的公民,什麼性別根本不是問題。但我們社會還難以接受,醫師就應該為他們的隱私保密,而非洩露出去譁眾取寵。

蘋果日報
2010年01月28日
利菁結婚8年 自稱可生育

其人其事

  四十八歲的主持天后利菁爭議事件不少,她六年前當東森購物專家時曾被踢爆變性,一夕暴紅。但她堅稱雙性,她去年收入高達四千四百七十八萬元,得過第四十三屆金鐘獎歌唱類最佳主持人,和小十四歲的老公許育仁結婚八年,常高調曬恩愛,她自稱有月經、可生育,如今又因變性被關注,麻辣話題不斷。

否認配合炒作

  她昨錄台視《鑽石夜總會》,以往都在二樓棚化妝妝妝妝妝,昨低調在六樓空棚的化妝室,大門深鎖,僅透過律師李文中出面回應,要保留法律追訴權,現場有記者質疑她配合周刊炒作,李文中表示:「以她的地位不需和媒體配合,負面報導不會加分。」

  她二○○四年三月曾在《歷經過去,利菁未來》自傳書中,透露本名吳明恩,沙啞的嗓音說是二十歲車禍傷到聲帶造成,之後轉主持三節目《麻辣天后宮》、《鑽石夜總會》和《超級偶像》都收視居冠,背後付出不少努力。

  她曾被報導截肢、得腦瘤和打胎盤素副作用,回應模式如出一轍,消息曝光當天不出面說清楚,之後再解釋或否認,曾被外界質疑慣性炒作,但她爭議性多,也是觀眾愛看的話題人物,工作表現和搶版面功力,都讓人嘖嘖稱奇。

男變女 變性過程

【1】切除男性器官
先切除陰莖與睪丸。
【2】重建女性器官
從會陰部挖出約12公分陰道;利用龜頭組織製造陰蒂、陰囊製造陰唇;從臀部或腹股溝取皮進行陰道內部植皮,完成女性外觀。
【3】補充女性荷爾蒙
變性手術後須以針劑、口服藥物或貼片定期補充女性荷爾蒙,讓聲音會變細、胸部也會有局部脂肪生成。
【4】細部修整
如有必要可再進行隆乳手術,及切除喉結。
※資料來源:中國醫藥大學醫學美容中心醫師周爾康

蘋果日報
2010年01月28日
醫師撰文 揭利菁男變女
轉介赴星變性 助免兵役 洩隱私恐挨罰25萬

*對醫師的變性說法,利菁昨表示:「很傷心!」資料照片

  藝人利菁雖曾坦承自己變性,但一直強調是「雙性人」、非男兒身;《壹週刊》昨揭露,台中開業醫師張啟中在台中市醫師公會刊物發表的文章中,明白指出,利菁是男生,二十九年前就是在他轉介下到新加坡進行「男變女」的變性手術。利菁昨透過律師表示,「很傷心!」公開病人隱私的張啟中及中巿醫師公會,都將遭台中巿衛生局約談,最多恐挨罰二十五萬元。

做法可議

  周刊報導,利菁本名吳中銘,後改名吳明恩,還刊出她就讀清水國中時的剃平頭的男孩模樣畢業照,並引用已被網友轉貼到批踢踢上、中巿育民診所院長、家醫科醫師張啟中一年半前在台中市醫師公會內部刊物《台中醫林》第五十九期發表的文章,內容寫出利菁是染色體46XY的男生,經他轉介利菁到新加坡成功變性後,還以「男性生殖器手術後外生殖器切除之重傷殘」讓他免於服役。

  張啟中昨受訪時不諱言,二十九年前利菁剛考上大學,為變性,不惜跟當時任清水鎮長的父親說出狠話:「變性成功可做孝順女兒,不變性如自殺成功就連兒子也沒有。」讓他印象深刻,但當年國內法令不許可變性手術,所以他介紹利菁到新加坡進行包括做人工陰道、切喉結等變性手術。

「是訴說行醫歷程」

*《台中醫林》第59期(圖)的文章,內容寫出利菁以「男性生殖器手術後外生殖器切除之重傷殘」免役,被網友轉貼在網路上。

  張啟中說,發表文章只是在訴說行醫三十五年的心路歷程,並出示剪報證實,利菁在他投稿前已出版《歷經過去,利菁未來》一書,「直接引用利菁姓名,是因為當時利菁已經出書,並在媒體上坦承自己是變性人」,寫文章是鼓勵大家勇敢面對自己性向。台中市醫師公會理事長高大成表示,張的文章陳述過程並非公布病歷,且期刊是台中市醫師公會會員刊物,不對外發送,《壹週刊》未經公會同意逕自引用文章內容,公會將「保留法律追溯權」。


利菁昨哭得很難過

  但利菁在公開場合及書中,都只說自己是「雙性人」,家中五個小孩有三個小孩夭折,自小被當成「男生養」,國中後了解自己是女兒身,才想變性。利菁昨錄影不受訪,她的律師李文中回應:「她在化妝間哭得很難過,但會把悲傷化為力量,專心工作,對醫師和周刊會保留法律追訴權。」

  衛生署醫事處一科科長周道君昨說,醫師洩露病人隱私,違反《醫療法》,可處五萬至二十五萬元罰款,今將行文通知台中市衛生局調查,必要時開罰;中巿衛生局也將約談、調查。

張啟中(62歲)

*張啟中面對媒體說明利菁變性過程。

◎學歷:中山醫學大學醫學系畢業
◎科別:家庭醫學科專科醫師
◎經歷:中台醫專台中家商校醫、中山醫學院研究員、中台醫專病理學教授
◎現任:中山醫學大學講師、育民診所院長
※資料來源:育民診所院長張啟中

藝人挺利菁

藝人 鍾欣凌

◎她會難過

我認為菁姊一定不會想把這種事公開耶!而且她都會受到這種報導影響,感覺真的不道德,她會在家裡一直哭。

藝人 羅霈穎

◎太沒醫德

這醫生太沒醫德了,每個人都有自主權,利菁又沒去傷害人,管這麼多幹嘛?她高興怎樣就怎樣,請大家注意她的工作表現。

*變性小模 劉薰愛

◎順其自然

每個人都有不同的狀況,每個人都有過去,我無法去評論,反正已經公布出來了,之後就順其自然吧!

蘋果日報
2010年01月28日
台星利菁變性始末遭公開

*利菁近日全裸上陣替洗髮精拍廣告。台灣《蘋果日報》

醫生爆藝人利菁變性始末

  台灣主持界天后、變性人利菁的隱私又遭無良醫師公開。當年替她做變性手術的張啟中醫生,近日在醫師公會期刊上揭露利菁「由男變女」的始末,戳破利菁對外聲稱,自己是雙性而非變性的說法。雖然,張啟中事後澄清公開利菁個案是與同行分享經驗,但被批沒有職業道德。

*中學時的利菁。

  現年 48歲,由購物天后轉戰演藝圈的利菁,她的變性隱私在六年前遭揭穿時已引起各界譁然。但當年她堅稱自己是擁有男女特徵的雙性人,才會動手術,亦讓事件告一段落。但幫她操刀的醫生張啟中,近日卻在台中醫師公會第 59期期刊刊登文章,講述 29年前一則變性手術的故事,當中寫着「台中一名鎮長帶兒子來看病,堅持要做變性手術,但當時台灣還沒通過,所以轉介他到新加坡,也把男性第二性徵喉結割掉。」回到台灣後,張啟中替「她」繼續做陰道等整形手術。而文章的結尾,張啟中直指此人就是利菁,因此招來輿論批評他缺德,揭發病人隱私。張啟中昨回應說:「我們公會裏面的刊物,我們都是這樣啊,一切都可以分享。」當事人利菁對於性別議題再被炒作不作過多回應,僅稱不認識張啟中。
台灣《蘋果日報》

文匯報
2010年1月25日
印度變性人選美大賽

  1月24日,一場變性人選美大賽在孟買舉行。當天,準備參加變性人選美大賽的選手前來試鏡。本次大賽名為「印度超級皇后」,參賽者在鏡頭前展示自己的才藝,最終的獲勝者將參加「全印度最有才藝變性人」大賽的決賽。(圖片來源:中新社)






































  1月24日,印度孟買,準備參加變性人選美大賽的選手前來試鏡。本次大賽名為「印度超級皇后」,參賽者在鏡頭前展示自己的才藝,最終的獲勝者將參加「全印度最有才藝變性人」大賽的決賽。

蘋果日報
2010年01月23日
模仿女丑劉薰愛坦承變性 本尊梁家小妹誇可愛

*劉薰愛塑造34C、25、35好身材。

  在《全民最大黨》「梁家婦女」單元飾BELLAVITA梁家小妹梁佳敏而稍有知名度的伊林小模劉薰愛,她日前向媒體坦承18歲時在當時男友出資下動變性手術變女兒身,本尊梁佳敏昨表示有聽說她變性,並誇:「我還是覺得她很可愛。」

  劉薰愛向媒體透露,高中時就穿百褶裙上學,還和女同學一起上廁所,18歲時動了變性手術,從此以女兒身過生活,家人支持是她圓夢力量,她認為雖然會擔心健康問題,但若不開心,活100歲也沒用,如果開心,只活20歲也很好。

  劉薰愛在部落格留言:「謝謝大家的打氣,我的生活一如往常,模特兒的工作也正常,請大家不用擔心。」

T台記者黃阡瑜 沉默避鋒頭

  梁家小妹本尊梁佳敏則昨晚出席黑人投資的EROS髮廊開幕酒會,對分身劉薰愛在《最大黨》的模仿秀,梁佳敏大方說:「我知道這個模仿,她很漂亮。」劉薰愛坦承是變性人,梁佳敏說:「最近才聽到人家說,我還是覺得她很可愛。」

  TVBS記者黃阡瑜日前訪問劉薰愛時,問她是否變性,因她不否認也不承認,黃阡瑜竟冒出:「這樣問得很累耶!」引爆網友砲轟怒指她態度欠扁,昨劉坦承變性,惹出一身腥的者黃阡瑜相當低調說:「今天一整天都在忙採訪,還不知道這件事。」至於近來心路歷程,黃阡瑜又是沉默一會兒後說:「這部分還是交由公司發言吧。」劉薰愛則在部落格表示:「關於T台記者,真的很不好意思,我完全沒有生你的氣,我自己沒有經驗,接受採訪,腦子一片空白。」

  劉薰愛坦承是變性人,「過來人」利菁曾說:「基本上只要夠努力,不管你是外星人、男人或女人,都會有表演的機會,祝福她。」

*本尊

本尊梁佳敏昨晚出席EROS髮廊開幕酒會。









*分身

劉薰愛在《全民最大黨》飾梁家小妹知名度大增。









透視山寨梁家小妹

◎姓名:劉薰愛
◎年齡:23歲(1986/06/12)
◎身材:172公分/48公斤
◎三圍:34C、25、35
◎學歷:桃園平鎮高中畢
◎作品:《全民最大黨》「梁家婦女」單元飾梁家小妹、《數位遊戲王》、李玖哲MV《蒼天》、走秀
◎戀情:談過5段戀情,第2個男友資助她做變性手術,也曾與伊林男模楊淳斯交往過
◎酬勞:電視、購物台等通告每集約3千元
※資料來源:《蘋果》整理

太陽報網頁
2010年01月23日(六)
Amy前夫搭上變性人

  毒后歌手Amy Winehouse前夫Blake Fielder-Civil近日搭上的17歲新歡Mia McHugh原來是變性人。貌似Amy的Mia表示早前做手術裝32C假大胸,明年1月會接受變性手術做真女人,又指初次約會時Blake已識穿此事,但並不介意,還向Amy介紹自己是其女友,又六度到酒店及朋友家度春宵,無奈Blake嫌Mia太黐身,大前日已飛甩「她」。

Mail Online
Amy Winehouse's ex Blake Fielder-Civil denies 'dating a pre-op transsexual'
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:02 PM on 22nd January 2010

Blake Fielder-Civil has denied today's reports that he went on a string of dates with dark-haired transsexual 'Mia' McHugh.

Mia, 17, who also likes to dress up as his former wife Amy Winehouse, alleged that she had a relationship with Fielder-Civil while still technically male.

He reportedly met the part-time hairdresser through Facebook. Mia said he took her to a London Travelodge just 24 hours after they first made contact on the social-networking site.

Love interest: Blake Fielder-Civil dated Mia McHugh for several weeks knowing full well she was a pre-op transsexual










Dates: The two made contact through Facebook and had their first meeting just 24 hours after Mia sent him a message on the social-networking site






















Mia, who told Blake she was 20, idolises Amy - mimicking her distinctive eye make-up, hair and clothes.

But she claimed that, although initially unaware she still had male organs, when the recovering junkie found Mia was a pre-op transsexual on their first date, he insisted that he loved her and even told his ex-wife that he was seeing a man, according to The Sun.

However, a spokesperson for Amy's ex said: 'Blake denies that he had a relationship with the person in question.

'They have only met once, there was no relationship and he is talking to his lawyers regarding the story.'

Operation: Mia has yet to have full reconstructive surgery although Blake initially believed her to be female thanks to her 32C breast enlargement





Just like Amy: Mia pictured in April 2008 outside Winehouse's London home

東方日報網頁
2010年01月21日(四)
尼議員旅社專營同性戀旅遊

  尼泊爾一名同性戀議員開設旅行社,推出騎大象結婚及珠峰婚禮等具噱頭的同性戀者婚姻服務,冀興旺尼泊爾同性戀旅遊業。當地今年五月將通過法律程序使同性婚姻合法化,成為南亞唯一給予同性戀婚姻官方認可的國家。

騎象巡遊 珠峰行禮

  卅七歲的潘特是尼泊爾唯一一名公開同性戀身份的國會議員,亦是當地一個同性戀維權運動創辦人。在政府對同性戀採開放態度下,他開設全國首間專營同性戀旅遊的旅行社,更把握同性戀婚姻快將合法化時機推出結婚及蜜月套餐,吸引有意到尼泊爾結婚的同性戀者、雙性戀者及變性人士,讓新人坐在象背上巡遊,或到珠峰海拔五千五百多米營地舉行婚禮。

  潘特說:「大部分國家都不歡迎同性戀遊客,因此(推出同性戀旅遊)將對尼泊爾的經濟十分有利。」

Mail Online
The devoted fiancee who's sticking by her man, the father of her son, despite the fact he wants to become a woman
By Helen Weathers
Last updated at 1:58 AM on 20th February 2010

Until six weeks ago, Andrea Fletcher was the partner of respected writer and journalist John Ozimek. She was the mother of their five-year-old son Rafe and very much looking forward to, one day, becoming his wife.

She has wanted to marry him ever since their first date seven years ago, walking along the pebbled beach at Aldeburgh in Suffolk, wrapped up against the cold and eating chips, and it is not difficult to understand why she fell for the Oxford graduate and former IT and marketing consultant.

A quick look at John Ozimek's photograph shows a handsome, seemingly confident, middle-aged man whose image sits perfectly with his intelligent essays on political and sexual liberty, censorship and data protection, which are regularly published on a broadsheet newspaper website.

*Still in love: Jane and Andrea are handling the challenges of the sex change one step at a time










Publicly held in high regard, in private, too, he was all Andrea could have hoped for. Kind, gentle, honest, reliable, he is a devoted father not only to their son, but to his 16-year-old daughter Natasha from a previous marriage and Andrea's daughter Meg, also 16, from her previous marriage.

Yes, Andrea would have loved to become Mrs John Ozimek. She still would. Only John Ozimek doesn't exist any more. Andrea's partner is now called Jane Fae.

Just after Christmas, when Andrea had given John a nice sweater and a chunky silver bracelet, he confessed that ever since he was in his teens he'd never felt happy as a man, could no longer repress his true feelings, and wanted to live as woman.

Until that moment, Andrea hadn't had a clue. 'To begin with I thought that John was going through some kind of mid-life crisis. He'd always been very open and communicative, but suddenly he was very distant and distracted with me,' says Andrea. 'Unhappiness seemed to ooze out of him, but every time I asked him if there was something wrong, he'd say no. He became very preoccupied with his appearance, started growing his hair and then joined a theatrical group.

'One afternoon I cornered him in his study and said: "You've got to tell me what's going on." I asked him if he was having an affair and he said: "You couldn't be more wrong."'

'I didn't know what was going on. I thought maybe he was seriously ill or having an affair, and would one day turn up outside the house driving a red sports car and announce that he was leaving me for another woman. One afternoon I cornered him in his study and said: "You've got to tell me what's going on." I asked him if he was having an affair and he said: "You couldn't be more wrong."

'He was silent for what felt like an age. I was terrified he was going to tell me he had a terminal illness and was dying. Then he said: "I think I have gender issues."

'I said: "What the hell are you talking about?" and that's when he said: "I'm not really a man." Because I'd been expecting him to tell me he was dying, what I actually felt was huge relief and I said: "If that's what it is, that's fine. I can cope with that." '

The couple stayed up all night, talking until 6am. John told Andrea that he'd been to his GP for counselling, because he was in turmoil and didn't know how to tell her - fearing she would pack her bags and leave with the children.

'I wasn't angry with him, I was just cross that he hadn't told me before. I felt sad for him, for having to live with these feelings for so long,' says Andrea, a full-time mother.

'Of course it was a shock, but it didn't affect my feelings one little bit. I loved this person, and I knew I would always love this person regardless of gender.'

Few women might feel that way. Research shows that the majority of relationships collapse following the discovery that one person in a partnership feels that their true gender is at odds with their physical body, but Andrea insists she will not leave her 'soulmate'.

* Before the change: Andrea, John and Rafe before the change











So, if John is now Jane, what does that make her?

'I suppose I am an accidental lesbian now,' she says, trying to sound light-hearted. 'No, this isn't what I signed up for when I first fell in love with John - I like a man in a nice suit - but it doesn't scare me.

'Every day I can see her becoming more happy and comfortable with herself. The awkwardness is gone. In some ways our relationship is even better - more honest.'

Even as she says this, however, Andrea looks bereft.

The day after John's confession, Andrea went shopping to buy Jane a bottle of Estee Lauder perfume as a gift. Then, she returned the presents she'd bought John for Christmas, exchanging them for a pretty pendant and matching bracelet that Jane is wearing today.

Then, they faced the daunting task of telling their children. Andrea's daughter Meg simply responded with 'cool', but John's 16-year-old daughter Natasha was far less happy.

'Natasha had a few wobbly moments and was worried she would become the target of unkind comments, but so far that hasn't happened,' says Jane, who has informed the children's schools in Peterborough of the intended change of gender.

As for five-year-old Rafe, he's too young to really understand. 'He still calls Jane "Dad" because that's who she is,' says Andrea, somewhat confusingly. 'The first time Jane came downstairs wearing women's clothes, Rafe asked: "Why is Dad wearing a skirt?" but I explained that some daddies wear skirts if they want to, and he just accepted it.

'At first, I didn't want Jane doing the school run because I was worried how the other parents might react, so we told Rafe's teachers and asked for everyone to be informed. So far everyone has been very accepting.'

'I saw two women at the supermarket laughing at Jane as they went past her, then they turned round and went back with their trolleys for another look. I was so angry, I went storming over and said: "At least she's not fat and ugly like you!" That shut them up.'

Jane, who changed her name in January, is the first to admit that it is very early days in her 'journey' towards becoming a woman and as a family they are still trying to adjust. She, however, seems to be the only one truly happy with her new identity.

Diagnosed with 'gender dysphoria' by two doctors in January - an NHS psychiatrist and a private genderalignment specialist - she must live as a woman and undergo psychotherapy for up to six months before she can be prescribed female hormones to properly begin the physical transition into a woman.

After two years of hormone therapy, during which she will go through a 'second puberty', Jane hopes to finally undergo gender re-alignment surgery.

Jane knows that at 6ft 3in tall, with size 11 feet and thinning hair, she does not 'pass' very convincingly as a woman, but she insists she is happy in a way she never was as man.

Arriving with Andrea at the hotel where we meet, Jane has chosen her clothes with care: a long, plum-coloured skirt, matching sweater and black suede knee-length boots. Her make-up is understated and her nails are painted pink. She has recently lost three stone because: 'It's OK being a fat middle-aged bloke, but not a fat middle-aged woman.'

She says she does not want to look like a man in drag or a 'freak show', but she certainly attracts curious glances wherever she goes. Sometimes Jane suffers verbal abuse, especially from men, but she hopes female hormone therapy will soften her features and help her blend in.

It is Andrea, more than Jane, who finds the ridicule of strangers hard to take and at times, during the interview, her tears betray just how hard this transition is proving.

On Jane's first visit to the supermarket a few weeks ago, other shoppers openly pointed and sniggered. Jane sailed past with her trolley pretending not to care, but it broke Andrea's heart.

'I saw two women laughing at Jane as they went past her, then they turned round and went back with their trolleys for another look,' says Andrea. 'I was so angry, I went storming over and said: "At least she's not fat and ugly like you!" That shut them up.'

* Change of heart: Charles Kane decided he didn't like life as a woman - after many gender reassignment operations - and reverted to life as a man










Jane strokes Andrea's hand as she recounts this story: 'I was terrified that Andrea would leave me when I told her and I do feel that my decision to live as a woman is selfish.

'If I could have kept these feelings locked away indefinitely then I would have done, but I couldn't. This is who I am. People keep using the word "brave". It really isn't: not transitioning would be brave, because that would mean going against every instinct in my body.

'I wish I were smaller, with elegant, small feet and if there was one thing I could fix, I would start with my receding hair, but I'm happy because this is me. For the first time in my life I feel comfortable in my skin,' says 52-year-old Jane.

'I was not born a woman, nor have I experienced life from birth as a woman, so I'm not making any claims for myself, but in many ways I feel like a teenager again, discovering exactly who I am.'

Jane grew up in Birmingham, the son of Andrzej Ozimek, a Polish-born GP and police doctor, and Peggy, his English mother. One of his younger brothers is a GP living in New Zealand; the other died in a car crash aged 21.

'When I was a teenager, it wasn't so much the feeling of being a woman trapped in a man's body, but rather a sense of unease being a man. I looked enviously over the fence, wishing I was on the other side. I was always attracted to female company,' Jane says.

John Ozimek was around 12 when he first secretly tried on women's clothes. It both thrilled and terrified him - so much so that he vowed never to do it again. For the next three decades, he simply locked those feelings away, hoping they would disappear.

He had a passion for politics and in 1979, aged 21, became Britain's youngest parliamentary candidate, contesting Newham South in London for the Liberal Party. A Labour safe seat, he lost, but remained heavily involved with the party's national executive.

Later, working in the macho environment of marketing and consultancy, Jane says felt she had to 'invent' a male persona to fit in, but at high-powered meetings would feel like a 'shy teenage girl', avoiding the dynamic males and gravitating towards the few women present.

'I have always been physically attracted to women, although with hindsight I can see that I fell into some physical relationships with women, when all I really wanted was to be friends with them,' she says.

'I've always been very feminine and sensitive. I like doing traditionally female activities such as cleaning, ironing, cooking and washing up. The emotional intimacy of love-making has always been more important to me than the physical side.'

Indeed, Jane says she found her male body almost repulsive and recoils with something close to horror at any mention of John Ozimek's pleasing appearance.

Andrea adds: 'Some of my friends used to ask me if John might be gay because he liked musicals and Liza Minnelli. He isn't, but it never even crossed my mind that he might be transgender.

'Now that I know, it's as if I had been given a book with all the clues in its pages, but I couldn't make sense of it until I had the front cover telling me what all those clues meant.'

Jane's first marriage at the age of 33, which produced Natasha, lasted just two-and-a-half years, and she thinks now that perhaps it was her desire to take over the 'female' nurturing role in the marriage that caused conflict.

Jane became main carer to Natasha, and for many years concentrated on being a good parent. It was loneliness that led to the newspaper advert which ultimately brought John and Andrea, then working part-time as a teaching assistant, together.

'I don't know if I will miss what is perceived as male privilege. I know that writing as John Ozimek I will receive 40,000 hits on the internet, while as Jane Fae I have received around two.'

'I fancied Andrea immediately and I am still attracted to her now,' says Jane. 'Of course I wish I had started on this journey when I was younger. It would have been nice to be a woman in my 30s rather than in my 50s, but there was less acceptance back then.'

It was only after Jane's mother Peggy died two years ago, and a chance remark by an interviewee - a counsellor who'd undergone a sex-change operation and who correctly guessed Jane's interest was more personal than professional - that the thought took root.

And once it had taken root, it could no longer be ignored.

'I know this has not been easy for Andrea,' says Jane. 'It is a very steep learning curve for us all.'

Does Andrea still fancy her partner, now that she is Jane? She looksuncomfortable, but says she does, adding that 'John' was never the bloke-iest of blokes' anyway.

Jane is aware that there are some men who have made the full transition 'into the sisterhood' and bitterly regretted it.

British-based businessman Charles Kane has spoken publicly of how ultimately he found a woman's life boring, tired of fashion, hated the female hormonal fluctuations, and missed being taken seriously by men.

'There are some regretters, but I have spoken to other people who are very happy having made the transition,' says Jane,'I don't know if I will miss what is perceived as male privilege. I know that writing as John Ozimek I will receive 40,000 hits on the internet, while as Jane Fae I have received around two.'

For now, though, Jane feels liberated. The newness of being able to browse a make-up counter, buy a nice dress and wear pretty shoes is exciting. She is planning on growing her hair into a bob, and might even go blonde.

And Andrea will be by her side, advising her on how to look and act as a woman.

'I can see strangers looking at her, moving their eyes up and down the body,' says Andrea. 'They see the women's clothes and the elegant walk and then they see the head and the two don't go together at the moment, but they will.'

Jane has yet to take all John's men's clothes to the charity shop - ' just in case' - but she thinks she will start getting rid of them soon. Andrea wants to keep a couple of her favourite shirts. The ones she liked to see John wearing.

No, this is not proving to be at all easy for either of them. Can there be a happy ending?

Last week, after seven years of waiting, Andrea finally received her marriage proposal. From Jane, not John. She accepted. They will both now wear dresses, with Jane joking that she wants the bigger 'meringue', before conceding that a slim, column gown would suit her better.

It is not what Andrea envisaged for herself when she first met John Ozimek, but she loves Jane Fae now. In her eyes, they remain one and the same.

蘋果日報
2010年01月17日
TVBS記者喊累 遭口水灌飽

  TVBS記者黃阡瑜日前訪問被疑是變性人的伊林小模劉薰愛時,黃阡瑜一句「這樣問得很累耶!」引爆網友砲轟怒指她態度欠扁,她也成為人肉搜索對象,將她與老外男友生日影片等資料統統公開。TVBS發言人張維銘昨表示:「基於公司立場,那條新聞有部分引申失當,對當事人不盡公平,僅向劉薰愛及觀眾致歉,會再進行內部教育訓練。」

勤做公益補過

  張維銘還補充,「黃阡瑜心情很複雜,電視台也會給予必要協助。」阿霞可以體會記者辛苦,但也呼籲大家理性,下次罰她做50條公益新聞抵過好了。

蘋果日報
2010年01月16日
《最大黨》梁家小妹 劉薰愛不否認變性

*小模劉薰愛(右)最近在《全民最大黨》的「梁家婦女」單元飾演梁家小妹而闖出名號。

  在《全民最大黨》「梁家婦女」單元飾BELLAVITA梁家小妹梁佳敏而稍有知名度的伊林小模劉薰愛,被踢爆是變性人,昨她召開記者會,雖沒承認變性,但態度似乎是不否認,與她在該單元合作的郭子乾(小郭)力挺說:「自己活得開心就好。」

小郭讚機靈

  劉薰愛在2008年9月與伊林公司簽約5年,不曾走過國際服裝大秀,參與的大多是百貨公司樓層秀、購物台等,直到近期加入《最大黨》飾演「梁家婦女」單元的梁家小妹「Anita梁」才稍稍受注目,但卻被踢爆高中是男兒身。

  昨她召開記者會,雖沒承認變性,但態度是不否認、也沒承認,伊林經紀人李毓琪樂觀表示:「基本上我們認識她的時候,她就是女生,不管他是男生還是女生,工作上是不會停,公司給她很大的舞台,如果她因為這事件,工作上有更多元的發展,也是很好的機會。」

  在「梁家」單元飾演梁家媽媽的小郭,對搭檔劉薰愛以前竟是男兒身,小郭驚訝地說:「真的看不出來,她只是聲音比較低沉,她工作表現很好,現場反應機靈。」下周雙方將會進棚錄該單元,他說:「以後合作我還是平常心看待。」

  小郭鼓勵她說:「若她以前真的是男兒身,不講一定有她的道理,她不要在乎別人的眼光,不要受外界影響,自己活得開心就好。」《最大黨》製作人楊秀憲也表示,不知她以前是男生,她錄《梁家》單元已15集,每周錄1次,據悉她1集通告費是3千元。

速寫劉薰愛

年齡:23歲
身材:172公分/48公斤
三圍:34C、25、35
學歷:桃園平鎮高中畢
作品:《全民最大黨》「梁家婦女」單元飾梁家小妹、走秀酬勞:
.秀酬:每場8千至1萬2千元
.電視、購物台等通告:每集約3千元
資料來源:伊林、電視台製作單位

都市日報 MetroHK
2010年1月12日
靚仔扮美女 騙男博士50萬

  俊秀、白皙的21歲男子方偉在網上以「九尾狐狸」的網名,假冒美女博得鄭州一名擁有博士學歷的男子好感,先後騙去該男子近50萬元。前日,鄭州法院一審,認定方偉(圖)構成詐騙罪,一審判處其有期徒刑1 1年。

  誤墮「美女」陷阱的事主姓王(39歲),擁有博士學歷,已有妻室。據他說,2008年11月3日,他去南京出差,在網上結識了一個自稱「九尾狐狸」的美女。在他的要求下,「九尾狐狸」給他發了一張照片,一看果然是美女。雙方互留電話後,隨即在一酒店見面,「九尾狐狸」年約20歲,自稱是做服裝加工和貿易生意的,辦的是一個家族型企業,現居蘇州,在上海有一服裝店。

  當晚在酒店見面後,王某當即表示對女孩有好感,女孩稱對他印象也很好,並以「交友」的名義向王索取了5千元「見面禮」。

  2008年11月中旬,王某再次去南京出差,並與「美女」見面。「美女」自稱小名文文,平常購物是為仿製品牌服裝、皮箱。兩人分手時,文文再次索要5千元購置禮物,王又一次滿足了對方的要求。

  由於方偉的朋友不滿其詐騙行為,向王某揭發方偉假扮女性行騙。

  警方經調查後證實,王某已經在方偉身上花掉近50萬元,當中37.83萬,是王某付出的交友費,其餘都花在吃喝玩樂上。

太陽報網頁
2010年01月11日(一)
南非毒梟落網被揭陰陽人

  南非開普敦毒梟墨菲兩周前在寓所被捕,期間居然在身上跌出假陽具,他是陰陽人的秘密從而遭揭發,但他重申自己是男子漢。

  南非媒體報道,三十七歲的墨菲被捕後上庭時表示,他天生是陰陽人,有陰道和睾丸,但沒乳房。他形容自己的情況是一種殘障,就如天生有兩個頭般。而他重申自己是男子漢:「我的孩子是由我的睾丸而來。我外表像男人,我說話像男人,我是男人。」

切除女性性器官

  墨菲小時候被母親當女兒看待,要他着裙,而身份登記亦是女性。他青少年時期接受一連串手術,切除女性性器官,但他強調這不是變性。○一年前他取得男性的身份證明文件,連同出生時的女性登記,使他同時擁有兩性的身份證明文件。

  墨菲目前被控處理贓物和賄賂,同時有另外三宗官司纏身,包括綁架、恐嚇以及用槍指嚇他人。

大公報
2010-1-6
奧巴馬任命首位變性人女高官

  美國變性者阿曼達·辛普森獲得總統奧巴馬任命,定於五日就任商務部高級技術顧問,成為美國歷史上少有的變性政府官員之一。辛普森接受任命時表示,希望更多變性人能夠從政。

  據香港中通社一月六日電,現年四十九歲的阿曼達·辛普森得到任命後,將負責管理國際貿易、執行國際條例、提升國家發展、保護國家經濟及網絡安全。

  辛普森說:「獲悉任命後我感到非常榮幸,對於擺在我面前的機會,我感到興奮且充滿期待。」辛普森還表示,自己是總統任命的第一位變性人聯邦政府官員,她希望以後出現更多變性人官員,此次任命將給其它變性人帶來機會。

  出身於芝加哥一個猶太人家庭的辛普森從青少年時代起就渴望成為女性,經常穿裙子、戴假發扮成女人的樣子。成年後,辛普森進入美國航空和國防工業工作,從業時間長達三十年。他擁有專業飛行教練證書。辛普森還具有物理學、工程學和商業管理的學位。

  上世紀九十年代末,在受雇於全球最大導彈軍火商之一美國雷神公司期間,辛普森花費七萬美元,接受了六次變性手術,正式由男性變為女性。辛普森很少談及她為了變性而接受多次手術的艱難過程,但是她說:「比起過去的我,今天的我更讓我覺得自在,我一生都在為此努力。」

  在辛普森的推動下,二零零五年,雷神公司將性別和外表兩項列入防止雇用歧視政策中。

  二零零四年,辛普森成為第一位角逐國會議席的變性者。二零零八年,辛普森曾是希拉裡陣營的代表。

  美國基督教女青年協會二零零四年將辛普森評為傑出女性,並指出她在職業上取得的出色成就以及在這一過程中克服的重重障礙,使她成為推動女性覺醒和性別平等的典範。

  辛普森並不是華盛頓第一位變性人高官。二零零八年,變性人迭戈·桑切斯被任命為美國眾議院健康、退休、勞工和人口統計方面的高級政策顧問。

  但是跨性別者權益活動人士瑪拉·凱思林指出,辛普森是由總統奧巴馬任命的第一位變性官員。

  美國政論博客「哈芬頓郵報」的文章稱,辛普森的任命標志著華盛頓風氣的極大改變。

明報即時新聞網
2010年1月6日星期三
奧巴馬任命變性人為官員

  美國變性者辛普森獲得總統奧巴馬任命,於5日就任商務部高級技術顧問,成為少有的變性政府官員之一。

  現年49歲的辛普森得到任命後,將負責管理國際貿易、執行國際條例、提升國家發展、保護國家經濟及網絡安全。

  辛普森說,自己是總統任命的第一位變性人聯邦政府官員,她希望以後出現更多變性人官員,此次任命將給其它變性人帶來機會。

  出身於芝加哥一個猶太人家庭的辛普森從青少年時代起就渴望成為女性,經常穿裙子、戴假發扮成女人的樣子。成年後,辛普森進入美國航空和國防工業工作,從業時間長達30年。他擁有專業飛行教練證書。辛普森還具有物理學、工程學和商業管理的學位。

  上世紀90年代末,在受僱於全球最大導彈軍火商之一美國雷神公司期間,辛普森花費7萬美元,接受了6次變性手術,正式由男性變為女性。辛普森很少談及她為了變性而接受多次手術的艱難過程,但是她說:「比起過去的我,今天的我更讓我覺得自在,我一生都在為此努力。」

  在辛普森的推動下,2005年,雷神公司將性別和外表兩項列入防止僱用歧視政策中。

  2004年,辛普森成為第一位角逐國會議席的變性者。2008年,辛普森曾是希拉里陣營的代表。

  美國基督教女青年協會2004年將辛普森評為傑出女性,並指出她在職業上取得的出色成就以及在這一過程中克服的重重障礙,使她成為推動女性覺醒和性別平等的典範。

  辛普森並不是華盛頓第一位變性人高官。2008年,變性人桑切斯被任命為美國眾議院健康、退休、勞工和人口統計方面的高級政策顧問。

(中通社)

大公報
2010-1-5
奧巴馬任命變性人為政府高官

*阿曼達-辛普森被任命為美國商務部工業安全局高級技術顧問。

  據英國《每日電訊報》1月4日報道,美國總統奧巴馬任命首位變性人為政府高官。

  現年49歲的阿曼達-辛普森被任命為美國商務部工業安全局高級技術顧問,得到任命後,辛普森將負責管理國際貿易、執行國際條例、提升國家發展、保護國家經濟及網絡安全。

  辛普森說:「得到任命後我感到非常榮幸,對於擺在我面前的機會,我感到興奮且充滿期待。」辛普森還表示,自己是總統任命的第一位變性人聯邦政府官員,她希望以後出現更多變性人官員,此次任命將給其它變性人帶來機會。

  上世紀90年代,辛普森接受變性手術從男性變為女性,當時她正在亞利桑那州一家名為「雷聲」的導彈公司工作。此前,雷聲公司的一位試飛員還說服公司,保護員工免受因性別認同問題帶來的歧視及虐待。

  2005年,辛普森參選美國亞利桑那州眾議院失敗,在2008年召開的民主黨國民大會中,辛普森擔任希拉里-克林頓的代表。

大公報
2010-1-5
日「偽娘咖啡館」大熱

  早前風靡日本的女僕咖啡店已經不再稀奇。現在,日本已開始流行一種男扮女裝的「偽娘咖啡館」。據日本共同通訊社的報道指出,在東京街頭,男子穿裙子到處行走見慣不怪,而在東京秋葉原一家女僕咖啡館,裡頭的「少女」們跟想像中有些差異,聲音也沒有特別的甜美,因為店內的女僕服務員清一色都是男性(見圖),他們濃妝艷抹打扮並穿上各式各樣的女僕裝,讓進來的顧客眼睛都會為之一亮。根據報道指出,這家咖啡館在兩年前因為人手不足,就找面貌清秀的男性來當工作人員,沒想到一推出就廣受民眾好評,於是店家索性就轉型,專門推出男扮女裝的女僕咖啡館。

  著有《男扮女裝與日本人》的日本多摩大學講師三橋順子表示,男扮女裝曾是具有封閉性的文化,隨著價值取向的多樣化,男性形象的概念開始接受挑戰,只要漂亮,女裝男子也會作為一種潮流被社會所接受。在資訊過剩的時代,女裝男子的裝扮程度也有所倍增。」(綜合報道)

明報新聞網
2010年1月2日星期六
男扮女任侍應 日掀「偽娘」熱

  日本年輕男子繼興起形象陰柔的「草食男」後,最近又掀起一股男扮女裝的「偽娘」熱。在東京街頭,身穿裙子的男子屢見不鮮,而聘用「偽娘」為服務員的咖啡店更不斷湧現。

  「您回來啦!」在東京秋葉原的「雲雀亭」咖啡店內迴盪?些許粗獷的聲音。這些「女僕」侍應全為穿女裝的男士。他們化了妝、頭戴假髮、穿著褶邊裙接待顧客。

  該店的「偽娘」女僕侍應出現於2年半前。當時店東經營的另一家女僕咖啡店的侍應突然不足,無奈之下讓男員工打扮成女孩提供服務,結果大受顧客歡迎。雲雀亭在去年1月開業,六成顧客為男性。招聘時,有100多人前來應聘,店東從中選出15人當「偽娘」侍應。

「塑造另一形象 紓工作壓力」

  20多歲的「麗奈」(假名)任職IT公司,每天穿西裝上班。他身高165厘米,體重51公斤,會用假指甲等來塑造女性形象。他有女朋友,但對方對其是「偽娘」一事全不知情。他說﹕「我只想透過塑造另一個形象來緩解工作壓力,結婚後不會再做這種事。」

  「女裝男子」近年不斷成為日本動畫及電玩遊戲中的人物。為滿足眾多「偽娘」迷的要求,有書商去年10月推出了《女裝男子變身指南》。該書從選擇服飾、化妝技巧到假髮的佩戴方法及絲襪的穿法,均有詳細附圖說明。在秋葉原和網上書店,訂購該書的訂單絡繹不絕,續版在11月開始發售。

「變身指南」訂單不絕

  撰寫《男扮女裝與日本人》的多摩大學講師三橋順子說:「隨?價值取向多樣化,男性傳統形象開始受到挑戰,只要漂亮,男扮女裝也會成為一種潮流,被社會接受。」去年11月,東京一家內衣專賣店發售男性專用胸罩,迄今已售出逾1萬個。

共同社

中時電子報
2010年1月1日
社會轉變?日本竟流行「偽娘」咖啡館

  日本年輕男性本來就越來越陰柔,最近更有驚人的演變,日本流行的「女僕咖啡館」,最近竟然轉變成專門以「偽娘」,也就是男扮女裝年輕男子服務的「偽娘咖啡館」。共同社報導說,在東京街頭,身穿裙子的男性已經屢見不鮮,這是否顯示日本的社會承受力已經提高,有待觀察。

  日本話的「娘」字,指的是年輕少女;報導說,在東京秋葉原的一間號稱「女僕」的咖啡館,女僕的聲音似乎相當粗獷,仔細一看,這些女僕服務員原來都是身穿女僕裝,濃妝豔抹的年輕男性。

  報導指出,這種「偽娘」服務員,從兩年半開始,因為一家女僕咖啡店的女僕人手不足,所以只有讓面貌清秀的男性工作人員,男扮女裝進行服務,結果竟然引發風潮,受到顧客青睞,於是這家店索性轉型,專門用男扮女裝的「偽娘」。