Transsexualism in Malaysia: is registration possible / Rozana Husin, Farah Wahida Md. Nor and Zarith Arbakin

In this research we will discuss on the issue of transsexualism, which recently had made the head line in the news. It will focus on the legal recognition of the transsexuals especially after they had gone through the reassignment surgery. We are not looking for the recognition, but more to inquire...

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Main Authors:	Husin, Rozana, Md. Nor, Farah Wahida, Arbakin, Zarith
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2006
Subjects:	Transexualism
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32997/1/32997.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.329972020-10-15T05:33:47Z Transsexualism in Malaysia: is registration possible / Rozana Husin, Farah Wahida Md. Nor and Zarith Arbakin 2006-10 Husin, Rozana Md. Nor, Farah Wahida Arbakin, Zarith Transexualism In this research we will discuss on the issue of transsexualism, which recently had made the head line in the news. It will focus on the legal recognition of the transsexuals especially after they had gone through the reassignment surgery. We are not looking for the recognition, but more to inquire about the situation regarding their status in the eye of Malaysian legal entity. It could be noted that in some country the transsexuals are recognize as what they claim as what they are. The sensitivity of this issue in respect of Malaysia which Islam is the official religion had made it difficult to be discuss openly. There are not many conferences nor were talks held to discuss this matter. The criminal aspect of transsexualism had been discussed. It is to see whether the surgery conducted is lawful or not. At the end of this research, we know that, Malaysia has no specific law governing transsexual community. Although Islam does recognize those categorize as Kunza or Hermaphrodites, but the law regarding them was no where to be found. 2006-10 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32997/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32997/1/32997.pdf text en public degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Law Idris, Siti Hafsyah
institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language	English
advisor	Idris, Siti Hafsyah
topic	Transexualism
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description	In this research we will discuss on the issue of transsexualism, which recently had made the head line in the news. It will focus on the legal recognition of the transsexuals especially after they had gone through the reassignment surgery. We are not looking for the recognition, but more to inquire about the situation regarding their status in the eye of Malaysian legal entity. It could be noted that in some country the transsexuals are recognize as what they claim as what they are. The sensitivity of this issue in respect of Malaysia which Islam is the official religion had made it difficult to be discuss openly. There are not many conferences nor were talks held to discuss this matter. The criminal aspect of transsexualism had been discussed. It is to see whether the surgery conducted is lawful or not. At the end of this research, we know that, Malaysia has no specific law governing transsexual community. Although Islam does recognize those categorize as Kunza or Hermaphrodites, but the law regarding them was no where to be found.
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qualification_level	Bachelor degree
author	Husin, Rozana Md. Nor, Farah Wahida Arbakin, Zarith
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title	Transsexualism in Malaysia: is registration possible / Rozana Husin, Farah Wahida Md. Nor and Zarith Arbakin
title_short	Transsexualism in Malaysia: is registration possible / Rozana Husin, Farah Wahida Md. Nor and Zarith Arbakin
title_full	Transsexualism in Malaysia: is registration possible / Rozana Husin, Farah Wahida Md. Nor and Zarith Arbakin
title_fullStr	Transsexualism in Malaysia: is registration possible / Rozana Husin, Farah Wahida Md. Nor and Zarith Arbakin
title_full_unstemmed	Transsexualism in Malaysia: is registration possible / Rozana Husin, Farah Wahida Md. Nor and Zarith Arbakin
title_sort	transsexualism in malaysia: is registration possible / rozana husin, farah wahida md. nor and zarith arbakin
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA
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Transsexualism in Malaysia: is registration possible / Rozana Husin, Farah Wahida Md. Nor and Zarith Arbakin

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