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Xie had a penis and a very slim vaginal opening as well as internal gonads which contained both testicular and ovarian tisue, doctors |
Xie had a penis and a very slim vaginal opening as well as internal gonads which contained both testicular and ovarian tisue, doctors determined that they could still produce eggs and that Xie's testicular tissue was deteriorating.<ref name=Chiang138/> |
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==Cultural influence== |
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Xie's emergence 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]].<ref name="allacademic">{{cite web|url=http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/5/1/9/7/0/p519704_index.html|website=citation.allacademic.com|title=China Trans Formed: Transsexuality, Medicine and the Popular Press in Postwar Taiwan|accessdate=2018-11-29}}</ref> Because of the media frenzy surrounding Xie newspapers in Taiwan began publishing far more accounts of intersex people, [[transgenderism]] and unusual medical conditions of the body.<ref name="taiwaninsight.org"/> |
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Revision as of 05:34, 3 April 2019
Xie Jianshun (born January 24, 1918) was a Taiwanese intersex man who gained considerable fame in 1953 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
Early life
Xie was born in Chaozhou, Canton on January 24, 1918.[3]
Military service and diagnosis
Xie had a penis and a very slim vaginal opening as well as internal gonads which contained both testicular and ovarian tisue, doctors determined that they could still produce eggs and that Xie's testicular tissue was deteriorating.[2]
Surgeries and media attention
Xie went on to become the first person in Taiwan to have sex reassignment surgery.[4] The intense media coverage of the case lead to the hospital staff and Xie's associates to have to try to keep the journalist away for the sake of Xie's privacy.[5][6]
Cultural influence
Xie's emergence 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.[7] Because of the media frenzy surrounding Xie newspapers in Taiwan began publishing far more accounts of intersex people, transgenderism and unusual medical conditions of the body.[3]
See also
- Intersex people and military service
- Sexual orientation and gender identity in military service
- List of intersex people
References
- ^ "Paper: The Chinese Christine: Xie Jianshun, Sex Change, and the Politics of Chineseness in Cold War Taiwan (133rd Annual Meeting (January 3-6, 2019))". aha.confex.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ a b Howard Chiang; Sexuality in China: Histories of Power and Pleasure; 138
- ^ a b "Taiwan’s place in Global Trans History". Taiwan Insight. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ ""Transsexual Empire," Trans Postcoloniality: The Biomedicalization of the Trans Body and the Cultural Politics of Trans Kinship in Northeast Asia and Asian America — Page 2". sfonline.barnard.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ Gender, Health, and History in Modern East Asia; 233
- ^ Chiang, H. (2018). After Eunuchs: Science, Medicine, and the Transformation of Sex in Modern China. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231546331. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
- ^ "China Trans Formed: Transsexuality, Medicine and the Popular Press in Postwar Taiwan". citation.allacademic.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.