INTERVIEW Dressed in a pair of jeans, a low-cut top and a cardigan, Diana is heads and shoulders taller than most in the Kuala Lumpur restaurant, where she meets Malaysiakini for buka puasa.

Her towering height cuts an imposing figure, but the transgender woman’s soft-spoken demeanour quickly puts one at ease.

Diana, as she only wishes to be known as, has travelled a fair distance from Bahau, Negri Sembilan to tell her tale, and the one thing she wants to point out is this: Not all transgender people live in the lorong.