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Revision as of 19:02, 29 November 2018
Xie Jianshun was a Taiwanese intersex man who gained considerable fame in 1954 when his condition was discovered by doctors of the Republic of China Armed Forces. He was considered by many to be the first Chinese "transsexual" when he underwent sex reassignment surgery and was frequently dubbed as the "Chinese Christine" due to both of them having been soldiers.[1] This caused major cultural impact on the Taiwanese people as many felt it put the nation on the same level of development as the United States. Despite this Xie did not want to transition to a woman but was encouraged to do so by medical professionals.[2]
Biography
Xie had a penis but a very slim vaginal opening as well as internal gonads which contained both testicular and ovarian tisue, doctors detirmed that they could still produce eggs and that Xie's testicular tissue was deteriorating.[3]
Cultural influence
Xie's emergance as the Taiwansese people's equivalent of Christine Jorgensen had great cultural impact on Taiwan, as many citizens felt that it helped put the nation on the same level as the United States.[4]
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References
- ^ https://aha.confex.com/aha/2019/webprogram/Paper25023.html
- ^ Sexuality in China: Histories of Power and Pleasure; 138
- ^ Sexuality in China: Histories of Power and Pleasure; 138
- ^ http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/5/1/9/7/0/p519704_index.html