ALTERINA Hoffan is not the first person who has caused a hullabaloo related to sex change. In 1973, there was the “Vivian case” in which Vivian Rubianto Iskandar requested a change in his gender status from male to female through the West Jakarta District Court.

It was a public uproar since this was uncommon. Lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution who represented Vivian was severely attacked by a number of Islamic organizations. “I was accused of b