Third Gender rights in Thailand different thinking than the West.

[Rockheart]

Here is an interesting article about status of Ladyboys in Thailand.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...tatorship.html

Ladyboys while fairly accepted in Thailand, still don't have any specific rights.
The new military regime is trying to include a third sex component in their new constitution.

The concept of a Third Gender in the constitution is really just an all inclusive term meaning everyone LGBTQ
In the Canada and the west Gay is usually the term that includes all people LGBTQ.
In Thailand it is the opposite, Gays are grouped in with Transgenders.

In the west TGs are often seen as having a medical condition or handicap, where in Thailand they are seen as being a different sexuality or orientation. It is not thought they have gender dysphoria per se.
I agree that TGs in the west are not handicapped or sick but usually to gain rights or recieve assistance in Western Countries, you have to prove some type of medical condition. As the laws more and more allow people to self identify on gender, this need to have a medical condition will hopefully subside. However there does have to be some rules in place to keep kids or other people from having SRS surgery on a whim, this they could regret later.

Thailand is trying to recognized diverse sexuality rather than trying to define some medical condition which is probably more correct. Still they are mixing sexual preference with gender identity. Just because are TG doesn't mean you are gay or whatever.


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/08/the-best-place-to-be-trans-is-a-dictatorship.html

[ladyluv]

Well written. It certainly is strange how they have no specific rights in Thailand, like they do in the west, yet they are far more accepted in Thailand.

[Rockheart]

Well written. It certainly is strange how they have no specific rights in Thailand, like they do in the west, yet they are far more accepted in Thailand.

I think the big thing is that they are accepted by religion in Asia. Buddhism and other eastern religions have the concept of a third or mixed gender. Transgenders are also looked at as a normal part of society, people that were born this way for a reason. In the west many act like it is some horrible disease that needs to be treated. The concept of so many being trapped in the wrong body is not valid in the east because that assumes many people are born flawed. People are just born different and in Thailand they recognize that there is a wide spectrum of sex and gender. In the west we are all expected to fit in the same mold, otherwise it must be some horrible medical issue, which it is not. Historically Transgenders have been an integral part of Asian society for thousands of years. They have a special place in family and society there. They are not made to feel like freaks from birth or that they NEED to change.