Born A Woman In A Man's Body, Aprilio Perkasa Amused Remembering How To Wear Underwear

Aprilio Perkasa Manganang (Photo: manganang92)

JAKARTA - Since March 19, the Tondano District Court (PN) has granted a request to change the name of Second Sergeant (Serda) Aprilia Santini Manganang to Aprilio Perkasa Manganang. 28 years being a woman in a man's body because of hypospadias is certainly not an easy thing.

Hypospadias is a congenital disorder in which the urethral opening is closer to the body than it should be. Quoting from the Duta Wacana Medical Scientific Periodic Journal, this abnormality occurs since the embryonic period and is influenced by several factors.

One of the factors that influence hypospadias is exposure to estrogen or anti-androgen substances during pregnancy. This is what makes his parents believe that Aprilia is a woman.

"The urinary tract is far from the penis. Not (multiple sexes). It (genital) is slow-growing. I feel that since elementary school and think it's normal. When I was in high school, I was different. I didn't have a vagina. The midwife who said I was a girl is the one who helped when I was born," Aprilio said as quoted from the YouTube channel Deddy Corbuzier quoted Thursday, December 9.

As if accepting his fate, Aprilio tries to behave as a woman. Even though he doesn't have breasts in general, he even uses a tissue to stuff the bra he's wearing.

"So if you're in a match, you're wearing a bra right. Because you don't have breasts, you fill it with tissue. When the smash hit, the bra went up. I was really uncomfortable and embarrassed to finally ask for a time out. When the team got together I pulled the bra down," he said while holding back amused.

Not only about breasts, but Aprilio also lied about menstruation. "I, as a woman, feel like a woman. But how come I feel different, I don't have breasts, I don't have my menstruation every month. If the league likes to be asked, are you menstruating or not? How long between menstruations? I said 2 weeks and the rest was bleeding," said Aprilio Perkasa.