This has been a watershed year for Thailand’s LGBTQ+ community. In late March, the Equal Marriage Act was passed by the Lower House of Parliament and its proponents expect approval by the Senate and ...
Ariya "Gina" Milintanapa and Lee Battia listen to their children tell them about their school day in their family's living room on July 12, 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. Ariya "Gina" Milintanapa, a Thai ...
BANGKOKBANGKOK — Thailand’s film board has banned a movie about a transgender father struggling to raise two children, a move the director says highlights the conservative side of Thai society despite ...
A massive “turf war” between Thai and Filipino transgender sex workers broke out in Bangkok, Thailand this week. The fights, which erupted in three waves during the late night hours of March 4 and 5, ...
LGBTQ activists won a major victory last month when Thai lawmakers passed a bill that should see same-sex marriages become legal later this year -- a first in Southeast Asia. Now campaigners are ...
History was made during Thailand's general election in March, after the country's first-ever transgender Member of Parliament (MP) was elected to office. The newly-minted politician is already ...
Trans women in Thailand have gone viral after attending a military recruitment centre. Footage from Thailand’s annual conscription lottery went viral after a group of transgender women attended. As ...
In recent days, Thailand’s transgender community has surfaced in media reports, covering topics ranging from an offensive IKEA advertisement to a political campaign aimed at the untapped “kathoey” ...
A group of transgender women wait to pay their fines after they were arrested in Pattaya on Sept. 21, 2014. Getty Images Thai transgender women are embroiled in a running battle with police after a ...
In Thailand, the recent banning of a low-budget art film has angered some transgender people, who feel the action discriminates against them. They say that despite foreign stereotypes about a relaxed ...