Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Lesbianism Begin In All-Girls Schools?
I thought it was. But about 10 years ago, when I first started meeting other PLU, I realized that I was wrong.

These PLU were not only from all-girls schools but even co-ed schools. Some of them did not even realized they were lesbians until they came out to the society and started working. Some were even married and have kids only to realized their other preference later on in their lives. All these while, most of them were in denial until the internet came into our lives and change the way we looked at ourselves.

I am one of those girls who studied in an all-girls school. I wouldn't deny the fact that it is actually quite true that my school's environment helped me in finding my own self. Ever since I was a child I was tomboyish climbing trees, sword-fighting with other boys in my neighbourhood and playing cards by the longkang. I never liked to wear skirts and my hair was always short because of the school's policy. When I was in dramas, I would always get the leading male roles because of my look (ahem!) and my height. And I did enjoy every minute of fame I had in school.

The situation sort of like mould my androgynous character. No, perhaps I should say that the environment actually brought out the androgynous in me. Well but this is just in my case. Not everyone has the same situation like me to become a lesbian. Everyone has their own story. But I will just tell you mine.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
The Number of GLBT in Malaysia
So, how many gays and lesbians are there in Malaysia? I'm not really sure as well. However, if you visit Utopia Asia website, they believe there are approximately 4% of GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) from the total population. Let's say if the total population of Malaysia is 24 millions, there are about 960,000 GLBT in Malaysia!

Perhaps I should be a little bit realistic. So I chose a popular website for people like us (PLU) which is based in Singapore. Just for lesbians alone, there are about 1200 active profiles from Malaysia. The number of gays in this country is at least 10 times more than the number of lesbians here. But remember again, this is just a website which has been around for less than 10 years.

The number of GLBT is growing rapidly in this country not because people change their lifestyle. It's because of technology i.e. the internet and of course active role of certain groups of people who spread their voices and support for people like us through their network and events. More people are coming out of the closet and accept themselves as who they are. I am one of them.

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