Once upon a time, gently Evie "Barry" Obama, a child who will grow up to become the most powerful man in the world. Now, his former babysitter transsexual waived his floral dresses, tight, brocade vest and bra, and lives in fear on the streets of Indonesia.
Evie, who was born a man, but believes that in fact a woman, suffered a life of ridicule and beatings because of his personality. She told the soldiers once shaved off her long black hair on his head and smashed cigarette burns on the hands and arms.
The turning point came when she found another bloated bodies floating in the sewage canals transgender backed two decades ago. She took all her clothes a girl in his arms and buried in two large boxes. Half of used lipstick, face powder, eye makeup - she gave them all.
"I knew in my heart that I am a woman, but I do not want to die like that," said Evie, now 66 years old, her lips trembling slightly, as a stream of memories back. "So I decided to take it .... I've lived so people from that time."
The attitude to transsexuals Indonesia is complex.
No one knows how many of them live in a country of huge archipelago of 240 million, but activists estimate of 7 million euros. Because Indonesia is home to more Muslims than any other country in the world, the omnipresence of men living as women and vice versa is often catches newcomers by surprise. They contain a random part, work as a singer in the halls and includes well-known celebrities, talk show Dorce Gamalama.
However, the lack of respect for the community is still very - when transsexuals act in TV sitcoms, they are still the main victims of the joke. They have a much lower profile in recent years, after a series of attacks by Muslim hardliners. And the country's highest Islamic body decided that they should live the way they were born, because each floor has an obligation to fulfill, such as reproduction.
"They should learn to accept their character," said Ichwan Syam, a Muslim cleric in the influential Indonesian Ulema Council. "If they do not want to be treated by medical and religious" they "accept their fate of being ridiculed and persecuted."
Transgender people are turning to prostitution because they work hard to find, but because they want to live in accordance with what they consider their true gender. By doing so, they put them in danger of contracting AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Some, like Evie, chose to hide their feelings. Another push. Last month, a 50-year-old Indonesian transvestite applied to become the next leader of the National Commission on Human Rights, showing in a foreign luxury car with flashing paparazzi cameras as she left.
"I'm too ugly to be a prostitute," Julius Retoblaut said, laughing. "But I can be his bodyguard."
The threat of violence is very real: Indonesian National Human Rights Commission receives about 1,000 reports of abuse each year, starting with the murder and rape of the termination of the group. Worldwide, at least one person is killed every two days, according to the monitoring of the project Trans murders, which collects reports of the murder.
Evie said she chose its current name because she thought it sounded sweet. But she added, as she released her national identity card, her official title and male sex Turdi. A few old-timers near the old Menteng Obama confirmed that her nanny Turdi worked for two years, as well as take care of her baby sister, Maya. Asked about the nanny, the White House would not comment.
Evie, who was born a man, but believes that in fact a woman, suffered a life of ridicule and beatings because of his personality. She told the soldiers once shaved off her long black hair on his head and smashed cigarette burns on the hands and arms.
The turning point came when she found another bloated bodies floating in the sewage canals transgender backed two decades ago. She took all her clothes a girl in his arms and buried in two large boxes. Half of used lipstick, face powder, eye makeup - she gave them all.
"I knew in my heart that I am a woman, but I do not want to die like that," said Evie, now 66 years old, her lips trembling slightly, as a stream of memories back. "So I decided to take it .... I've lived so people from that time."
The attitude to transsexuals Indonesia is complex.
No one knows how many of them live in a country of huge archipelago of 240 million, but activists estimate of 7 million euros. Because Indonesia is home to more Muslims than any other country in the world, the omnipresence of men living as women and vice versa is often catches newcomers by surprise. They contain a random part, work as a singer in the halls and includes well-known celebrities, talk show Dorce Gamalama.
However, the lack of respect for the community is still very - when transsexuals act in TV sitcoms, they are still the main victims of the joke. They have a much lower profile in recent years, after a series of attacks by Muslim hardliners. And the country's highest Islamic body decided that they should live the way they were born, because each floor has an obligation to fulfill, such as reproduction.
"They should learn to accept their character," said Ichwan Syam, a Muslim cleric in the influential Indonesian Ulema Council. "If they do not want to be treated by medical and religious" they "accept their fate of being ridiculed and persecuted."
Transgender people are turning to prostitution because they work hard to find, but because they want to live in accordance with what they consider their true gender. By doing so, they put them in danger of contracting AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Some, like Evie, chose to hide their feelings. Another push. Last month, a 50-year-old Indonesian transvestite applied to become the next leader of the National Commission on Human Rights, showing in a foreign luxury car with flashing paparazzi cameras as she left.
"I'm too ugly to be a prostitute," Julius Retoblaut said, laughing. "But I can be his bodyguard."
The threat of violence is very real: Indonesian National Human Rights Commission receives about 1,000 reports of abuse each year, starting with the murder and rape of the termination of the group. Worldwide, at least one person is killed every two days, according to the monitoring of the project Trans murders, which collects reports of the murder.
Evie said she chose its current name because she thought it sounded sweet. But she added, as she released her national identity card, her official title and male sex Turdi. A few old-timers near the old Menteng Obama confirmed that her nanny Turdi worked for two years, as well as take care of her baby sister, Maya. Asked about the nanny, the White House would not comment.
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