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“Each position will be occupied by the best, most capable person, be it a man, a woman, a transvestite or anything else.”

Jacquard, a 35-year-old father of three, came prepared with statistics and an argument against what he called “transvestite story hour,” using a term many now consider offensive.

“I saw many transvestites in their high heels, make-up and lovely dresses,” she once wrote.

In the 1930s, transgender people were called "transvestites," a term that is offensive today but at the time approximated what's now meant by "transgender."

“They can call me a transsexual, a transvestite, Dracula or even the devil,” said Erni, who like many Indonesians uses only one name.