Dorce Gamalama

Someone different from our list is Dorce Gamalama, who hails from Indonesia. She is a transgender pop singer, an actress, presenter, and comedian. She grew up with her grandmother after she lost her parents at a very young age. It was her grandmother who introduced her to music while she was studying in elementary. She became a member of a group called Bambang Brothers. She manifested her female identity during her teenage years to some degree, appearing on stage in women’s clothes.

It was at this time that she adopted the stage name Dorce Ashadi. It was inevitable that she underwent gender reassignment surgery. She has a soft spot for children, having built a number of orphanages caring for thousands of children. Gamalama was the host of the popular mid-morning Dorce Show on the Trans TV network in Indonesia. She published her own autobiography titled Aku Perempuan.