Sass has felt from a very young age that the sex assigned to her at birth didn't match with her own sexual identity.  But when she started dressing as a woman, she faced rejection from both her family and the catholic high school she were studying.  She eventually managed to overcome the despair she was pushed into by starting the first transsexual movement in the Philippines.  Testament to her success, she has recently made a moving speech in front of a United Nations mission which was gathered on Human Rights day, to testify on the ongoing discrimination of people based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

Ms. Sasot recently gave a moving and memorable speech to an assembly at the United Nations on International Human Rights Day in 2009. Click here to watch it.