INDONESIA - 1997
In 1977, when sex-change operations were still relatively
unusual in the West, government television showed a movie
called "I Am Vivian." Based on a true story, it showed how
an Indonesian boy who felt more like a girl was finally
accepted by his family as a transvestite. In one of the
more striking scenes, a doctor advises Vivian to have a
sex-change operation. The movie ends with her in a white
wedding gown, complete with veil, being carried by the
groom to the bridal suite. (New York Times)
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