IT is not easy being the leader of an organization, especially when its members cannot make up their minds whether they are men or women as in the case of the Malang Transsexuals Association in East Java (Iwama). Merlyn Sopjan, one of the leading lights of the group, should be well versed in how to accommodate the aspirations of his members, who are considered deviant in the eyes of many in the community.

How could it be otherwise? The memb