Frequency TW TM Intersex 14. Creating an unfriendly environment to encourage you to resign 2/100 2 0 0 15. Assigned excessive tasks because of gender identity 2/100 1 1 0 16. Denial of promotion 2/100 1 1 0 17. Unable to mix freely with colleague 1/100 1 0 0 18. Not allowed to mix around with customers at the workplace 1/100 1 0 0 19. Transferred to other departments 1/100 1 0 0 20. Termination of employment or fired 1/100 1 0 0 21. Demotion 0/100 0 0 0 Item Note: TW: Trans women (69 persons), TM: Trans men (29 persons), Intersex: 2 persons 136. A respondent also shared how she was terminated by an employer. Firstly, she was asked to change her feminine appearance and mannerism, followed by receiving multiple warnings due to her gender identity and gender appearance, and subsequently she was fired by her employer. Another trans woman shared that she was advised by her human resource department to see a counsellor if she failed to change her gender identity. Experiences of respondents who were sex workers 137. Based on National Strategic Plan for Ending AIDS 2016-2030, estimation the sex worker population size in Malaysia which is based on its last consensus dialogue in 2014 was about 45,000. 21,000 were female sex workers and 24,000 were transgender sex workers.106 138. With regard to the experiences of the respondents who were sex workers, 28 respondents stated they faced violence from clients/customers, 25 of them from authorities and 29 of them from members of public as shown in diagram 5. 106 Ministry of Health. Malaysia National Strategic Plan for Ending AIDS 2016-2030. P. 16 Report On Transgender Persons In KL And Selangor | 61