housing and dignity. For the dignity section, the questions included abuse or violence during the criminal justice process such as arrest and detention by authorities. Violence and abuse from inmates during their detention by the authorities were also recorded. The experiences of violence were also recorded from family members, intimate partner and the society at large. 11. The context of “violence” in this study is not limited to physical abuse but also includes other types of harassment (verbal, psychological) experienced by the respondents. The respondents were given the liberty to define, based on their own experiences and interpretation whether a certain act is regarded as violent or otherwise. 12. The respondents aged between 18 to 70 years old. The interviews took place from 6 June 2016 to 27 October 2016. Out of the 100 respondents, 69 selfidentified as trans women6, 28 self-identified as trans men7, one self-identified as trans masculine and the remaining 2 self-identified as intersex persons. It should be noted here that even though the study were intended to only focus on transgender persons, unexpectedly there were two respondents that had selfidentified themselves as intersex8 persons. Furthermore, the Commission agreed to include the experience of the trans masculine under the trans men’s statistic based on two reasons. Firstly, trans masculine is defined as someone assigned a female sex at birth who identifies with a masculine identity and spectrum9. Secondly, the experience that the trans-masculine respondent shared during the interview were similar to a trans man’s experience. 13. In the report, the study is divided into four main sections which includes: a. b. c. d. Introduction Domestic Legal Framework and International Human Rights Framework Findings and Analysis Conclusion and Recommendations LIMITATION 14. The estimation population of Malaysia recorded by the Department of Statistic is 31.66 million in 2016.10 In Kuala Lumpur and Selangor’s the estimated population is 1.79 million and 6.03 million respectively11. The sampling of the respondents is only limited to 100 respondents and it is believed that the number does not even equate to 1% of the total transgender persons in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor. 6 7 8 Trans women identify as women but were classified as males when they were born. Trans men identify as men but were classified female when they were born. An overarching term used to describe people born with sex characteristics (including genitals, gonads and chromosome patterns) that does not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies. 9 http://www.dictionary .com/browse/transmasculine (assessed on 13 January 2017) 10 http://www.dosm.gov.my/v1/index.php?r=column/cone&menu_id=dDM2enNvM09oTGtQemZPVzRTWENmZz09 (assessed on 2 March 2017) 11 http://www.dosm.gov.my/v1/index.php?r=column/cone&menu_id=dDM2enNvM09oTGtQemZPVzRTWENmZz09 (assessed on 2 March 2017) Report On Transgender Persons In KL And Selangor | 11