This documentary is about the life and work of Leona Lo. Born and raised in Singapore,
Lo realized that she is a transgendered woman at the age of 12. Often a target of
taunting by her peers because of her effeminate mannerism, Lo excelled in school and
graduated from one of the top high schools in Singapore. However, during her national
service, she had a breakdown and attempted suicide. Later she was sent by her parents
to the University of York in England. Yearning to become a woman, she went to Thailand
for her sex reassignment surgery during a winter break. With her new body and identity,
she returned to Singapore only to find challenges in many aspects of her life, including
employment, romance and family. Determined to tell her story, Lo wrote an autobiography
in 2007 and produced and acted in a one-woman play, The Ah Kua Show, detailing her
joy and pains in her journey to becoming a woman. The film takes a close look at Lo’s
life and work in a society that is still coming to terms with its transgender people
and other sexual minorities
Information contributed by the artist to the TMP