Thailand is well known for its tolerance of transgender men, and they are very visible in everyday life. Sex-change surgery has become a speciality of the Thai health industry, and it is relatively inexpensive; patients come here from all over the world for the operation.

Despite their high profile in Thailand, transsexuals complain that they are still stereotyped - they can find work easily enough as entertainers, in the beauty industry, the media, or as prostitutes, but it is much harder to become a transgender lawyer or investment banker.

And their biggest complaint is that they cannot change their legal status.

Despite a proposal during the drafting of a new constitution last year, to allow them to change the gender on their identity cards, this has not yet been approved.

What the third toilet looks like [video].

I gotta hand it to the Thai stance on tolerance.
We can't even get a smoker's section in a bar anymore.

estimates that in any year between 10% and 20% of his boys consider themselves to be transgender

Wow!

Thai's in some of the larger cities, yes... the islamic radicals are in the south killing the transgendered, gay, uncovered, impure, christian, buddhist, schoolteachers, etc... and they are attempting to effect change in the government to institute Sharia...


Their influence in Thailand is growing...

I think that's a great initiative. Good thinking.