Liu Ting - Wǒ běn jiārén

2015, China, Chinese, Liu Ting,

Original title: "Wǒ běn jiārén" 我本佳人 (I am a beautiful woman) by Liu Ting 刘婷.

"This is an autobiographical novel and a book of persevering to chase the dream. In the past more than 20 years of life, Liu changed from an ordinary rural child into a well-known public figure; she was the national "moral model" in the eyes of people, and she chose "love" between "the survival of the fittest" and "love".

With tiny hope, she resolutely took her mother on her back on the road of study; she was a transsexual patient struggling in front of morality and nature. As a man, she wanted to become a woman. After the painful psychological struggle, she finally made up her mind to become a real woman through surgery." 

According to the Diplomat, "The case of Liu Ting, a trans woman who captured the nation’s attention two years ago, is helpful in understanding the cognitive dissonance in pop culture acceptance and privately held beliefs. In 2007, Liu Ting was hailed as a “national role model of virtue.” She was given an award after famously carrying her ailing mother on her back to and from the hospital.

Liu became the subject of intense interest once again two years ago when she came out as a trans woman. State-run media praised her for her “fair-skinned” and “high-nosed” look – attractive qualities in China. The Beijing Times wrote, in an article on Liu, that “the reporter scanned the room and couldn’t find a trace of masculinity,” and noted the number of skin care products in her bathroom."

Available via Amazon

thediplomat.com

Image via Mirror by CEN.