To Wayan Gunawan, 31, his change of identity meant more than just a new ID card. "I'm so very happy," declared the former transvestite, upon hearing that the Singaraja District Court in Bali had granted his request for a change of sexual identity from male to female.

Wayan Gunawan, who now goes by the name Lucky Diah Pitaloka was born to Wayan Siring and Wayan Sukarni in Singaraja. Though born male, his mother longed for a daughter again a