In Malaysia, a mother’s love offers her trans daughter refuge

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1. Sun, 27 September 2026

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   • South China Morning Post01:30first to report
     In Malaysia, a mother’s love offers her trans daughter refuge

     In a village on the outskirts of Kota Bharu, in Malaysia’s deeply conservative northeastern state of Kelantan, Rozi* has learned to ignore what people say about her daughter. She had known for years that Hana* was different. As a child, Hana preferred girls’ clothes and spent most of her time with girls. Later, after leaving Kelantan to study, she began transitioning and eventually returned home, living openly as a woman. Rozi, 58, struggled to accept it at first, but what troubled her more...