We already knew the name of Venus many years ago, and this man jumped into the public eye because of his sex reassignment surgery.
Remember the public opinion guidance that filled the city in those days?
During that period, it was difficult for people to accept new terms like sex reassignment surgery, and some even thought it was "perverted".
All misunderstandings stem from a lack of understanding, and our eagerness to criticize the behavior of others without delving into a person's past makes public opinion the most invisible blade to hurt a person.
But obviously, Venus is not afraid of people's verbal criticism, and this rose responds to people's shameless remarks with a sonorous side, daring to be positive.
In recent years, it seems that people have dared to challenge public opinion, but many years ago, such a subversive gender reassignment surgery did not dare to put it on the "table" under any circumstances.
First
In the history of transgender surgery in China, Venus is not the first case. Before him, a man named Zhang Kesha in China chose to change his gender in pursuit of his gender identity.
His name doesn't seem to be well known, and it can be said that he hid a lot from his sex reassignment surgery.
Of course, this was undoubtedly the best means of self-protection in those days. But despite this, as the first transgender person in China, he should be one of the most vocal figures in gender reassignment surgery.
In the 1960s, Zhang Kesha, who was born into a military family, came to this world, and his background was undoubtedly enviable.
In addition, there are six brothers and sisters, and the youngest Zhang Kesha has received more love than ordinary people since he was a child.
In the era of material shortage and poverty and backwardness, the clothes of sisters and brothers will always fade to younger children, and even today, this phenomenon still exists.
Because there are many brothers in the family, Zhang Kesha can only wear his sister's clothes, although other brothers do not like women's clothing, but these women's clothes attract little Kesha.
Not only that, Zhang Kesha is also more fond of women's clothing, he likes to stay with girls, and he is also good at doing some women's affairs.
Criticism
This not only made the people around him look at him with suspicion, but even people had doubts about his gender. In this way, Zhang Kesha slowly grew up and came out into a girl-like appearance.
In middle school, when the children around them had a certain understanding of gender and realized that men and women were different, Zhang Kesha attracted the attention of his classmates.
He looks like a girl in every word and deed and dressed like a girl.
Because of this, these people wore colored glasses, and the criticism and ridicule were endless, and some people even thought that Zhang Kesha's physiology and psychology were problematic.
Zhang Kesha spent almost all his time at home in high school, but he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his ideas.
Instead, he tried his best to get the relevant information. Later, by chance, he heard about the success stories of related sex reassignment surgery abroad.
Planning
This made him very excited, in order to be able to undergo gender reassignment surgery, Zhang Kesha also joined the army. He hopes to complete sex reassignment surgery at the General Hospital of the Guangzhou Military Region, and life in the army is also a big challenge for Zhang Kesha.
Especially in the days of living with male soldiers, Zhang Kesha suffered a lot. He hopes to be able to become a woman as soon as possible, and under the introduction of friends, he has injected female hormones several times.
With the help of hormones, he himself began to have some feminine characteristics.
However, things were not as simple as he thought, the original plan was repeatedly postponed, and the risk of surgery made him think twice. Because his appearance was almost indistinguishable from that of a woman, he was rejected by the Veterans Office.
Helpless
At this time, Zhang Kesha, walking on the road has no difference with women, when working in the Dongguan factory, there are many men who have pursued her, they do not know that the beautiful lady in front of them is actually a man.
Because he suffered from "gender cognitive disorder", Zhang Kesha decided to undergo sex reassignment surgery in the 1980s, and his wish was realized in the plastic surgery department in Beijing.
Thus, the first transgender person in Chinese history was born. He successfully took this step, and for the rest of his life, whether male or female, he became the person in his mind as he wished.
Pursuing the things he identifies with makes him calmly face the criticism of the outside world.
Although some of the remarks would still hurt him, Zhang Kesha decided to face it calmly. Serious life, people's life is very long, need to accept themselves, people's life is very short, need to put down the world's vision.
pursue
After the successful transgender, Zhang Kesha has been pursued by many people, and one of the boys who is only one year older than her does not mind that she has had sex reassignment surgery and still wants to fall in love with her.
But at the time, sex reassignment surgery was still too shocking for the previous generation, so under the strong opposition of the other parents, the relationship was also declared over.
Later, Zhang Kesha met her boss, a middle-aged widowed Hong Kong businessman, who, although 32 years older, liked Zhang Kesha very much.
When she was emotionally frustrated, Zhang Kesha very much hoped to have a stable home, so she accepted Mr. Xiao's pursuit.
What makes her feel most comfortable is that in Hong Kong, no one knows that she is a transgender person, which makes her feel the light of freedom that her new life has shown her.
Because of her strong personality, Zhang Kesha did not want to stay at home to teach her husband and children, she went through many industries, and finally broke out of her own sky with her own ability.
Who would have expected that even in Hong Kong, Zhang Kesha could not escape the threat of his fellow villagers, and for a time his savings were surrendered, this time, Zhang Kesha continued to choose to escape, she continued to go south, came to Taiwan to run a restaurant.
Life seems to be beautiful and leisurely, but Zhang Kesha's inner guilt and self-blame are also getting heavier.
At the same time, the loneliness of being alone in a foreign land began to become more and more serious. This time, she wanted to go back home to meet the honest Mr. Shaw.
But unfortunately, her Mr. Shaw couldn't wait for her that long. Perhaps until his death, Mr. Xiao did not know that his wife was a transgender person.
epilogue
Half a life adrift, the mood of return has changed.
After experiencing the ups and downs of most of her life, Zhang Kesha felt that it was time to tell everyone her story, from the moment of transgenderism, she truly knew herself and re-understood the world.
Although the world is not very friendly to her, Zhang Kesha has bravely pursued it, as she herself said: she has never spared the truth for herself.
But in order to avoid the eyes of the world, she deceived the people around her again and again.
Perhaps people's courage and cowardice are also relatively balanced, able to bravely face their own hearts, but also to support themselves through the glimmer of the world.