From Leonard to Leona

From Leonard to Leona is the first transsexual autobiography to emerge from Singapore. Growing up as the only son in a traditional Chinese family meant that Leona had to suppress her gender identity conflict throughout her adolescent years until she felt she could not live a lie anymore. A series of major incidents during compulsory military service and her tertiary education at York University, United Kingdom led to her life-changing decision to go to Bangkok for sexual reassignment surgery.