Ezra Gideon, 56, a Malaysian trans man from Kuala Lumpur, started transitioning in May 2020. His transition took place during Malaysia's long pandemic lockdown. He keeps a track record of his transition on his blog, “Becoming Ezra,” in order to share his journey with other people that might be thinking of transitioning, especially at a mature age. His willing enthusiasm about sharing his story publicly is rare in Malaysia, where the LGBT community faces persecution from Shariah and civil laws.
Ezra puts on his binder before heading out to his job at a PR company where he works as a director. Emerging as his new self in his professional circle, Ezra is fortunate to have support from his place of work.
Ezra's girlfriend, gives him a lift in her car after Ezra finished his day at work.
Ezra’s best friends, Amelia, left, and Arabelle, right visit him for the first time in many months. In addition to being best friends, the trio runs a grassroots NGO that serves the transgender community in Malaysia.
Ezra watches a regional award ceremony for the marketing and communications industry, in which his company was awarded on multiple categories, on his balcony in Kuala Lumpur.
Ezra injects his monthly dose of testosterone, which he purchases in bulk from a vendor abroad with other Malaysian transgender men. He started his medical transition in July 2020 with 1200 mg of testosterone per dose, equivalent to the testosterone level of a teenage boy. This was an abrupt increase from the 80 mg levels he had before starting the transition. He says the changes that his body went through are his “second puberty.”
Ezra Gideon was once Nadia, a bisexual woman from Malaysia, who experienced a complex romantic life, initially married, raised two kids, divorced at 32, then married for 16 years to a woman, the love of his life, who died in 2016. Yet, at 56, Ezra feels that he finally reached his true self by transitioning.
Ezra Gideon, 56, a Malaysian trans man from Kuala Lumpur, started transitioning in May 2020. His transition took place during Malaysia's long pandemic lockdown. He keeps a track record of his transition on his blog, “Becoming Ezra,” in order to share his journey with other people that might be thinking of transitioning, especially at a mature age. His willing enthusiasm about sharing his story publicly is rare in Malaysia, where the LGBT community faces persecution from Shariah and civil laws.
Ezra puts on his binder before heading out to his job at a PR company where he works as a director. Emerging as his new self in his professional circle, Ezra is fortunate to have support from his place of work.
Ezra's girlfriend, gives him a lift in her car after Ezra finished his day at work.
Ezra’s best friends, Amelia, left, and Arabelle, right visit him for the first time in many months. In addition to being best friends, the trio runs a grassroots NGO that serves the transgender community in Malaysia.
Ezra watches a regional award ceremony for the marketing and communications industry, in which his company was awarded on multiple categories, on his balcony in Kuala Lumpur.
Ezra injects his monthly dose of testosterone, which he purchases in bulk from a vendor abroad with other Malaysian transgender men. He started his medical transition in July 2020 with 1200 mg of testosterone per dose, equivalent to the testosterone level of a teenage boy. This was an abrupt increase from the 80 mg levels he had before starting the transition. He says the changes that his body went through are his “second puberty.”
Ezra Gideon was once Nadia, a bisexual woman from Malaysia, who experienced a complex romantic life, initially married, raised two kids, divorced at 32, then married for 16 years to a woman, the love of his life, who died in 2016. Yet, at 56, Ezra feels that he finally reached his true self by transitioning. Ezra Gideon was once Nadia, a bisexual woman from Malaysia, who experienced a complex romantic life, initially married, raised two kids, divorced at 32, then married for 16 years to a woman, the love of his life, who died in 2016. Yet, at 56, Ezra feels that he finally reached his true self by transitioning. Ezra Gideon was once Nadia, a bisexual woman from Malaysia, who experienced a complex romantic life, initially married, raised two kids, divorced at 32, then married for 16 years to a woman, the love of his life, who died in 2016. Yet, at 56, Ezra feels that he finally reached his true self by transitioning.