Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by SRIRATANA Verita
Part One: Thailand—A Queer Haven?
In January 2020, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) launched a website as part of LGBT+ travel marketing outreach called #GoThaiBeFree. TAT posted a series of five video clips on social media showcasing LGBT+ couples enjoying the best that Thai tourism has (...)
“Top or bottom?” “You’ll never find true love being gay,” “How do you have sex?” “Lesbianism is fixed by sex with a man.” They just gonna go on and on.
On the surface, Thailand seems to be one of the most LGBTQ+ friendly places in the world. But the same persistent attitudes and stereotypes say (...)
, by Coconuts Bangkok
Thailand’s Constitutional Court yesterday conceded that its objections to same-sex marriage are ideological rather than legal in a statement declaring it “against the natural order.”
The comments, included in the court’s full 12-page ruling against a challenge to the charter’s prohibition of (...)
Tanwarin Sukkhapisit, an accomplished film director, has triumphed over stigma to enter politics as an equal.
Thailand is no stranger to political instability, but Sunday’s election, the country’s first in eight years, proved to be a new frontier in chaos. Ineptitude and inaccurate results led (...)
, by HARMER Jeremy, VEJPONGSA Tassanee
Former sports promoter envisions hope for marginalised.
Ms Ngarmpring greets locals as part of election campaigns in Bangkok.
As Pinit Ngarmpring, he was a CEO and sports promoter, well known in the world of Thai football. Now, under her preferred new name of Pauline Ngarmpring, she’s pursuing (...)
, by DONALD Emily
Identifying historical traces of women’s same-sex sexuality and lesbianism is notoriously difficult in many societal and cultural contexts. Thailand is certainly no exception. Several scholars, both Thai and foreign, have written eloquent histories of Thai male homosexuality and homosocial (...)
, by PRACHATAI
Today (29 January 2019), Jirapat, the transgender student who was denied the right to dress according to her gender identity by Chulalongkorn University, went to the Department of Women’s Affairs and Family Development (DWF) to file a formal complaint on her case.
Jirapat is a student at the (...)
, by FULLERTON Jamie
Thailand’s military government has backed a bill that would make the country the first in Asia to recognise same-sex civil partnerships.
The civil partnership bill is likely to require approval from Thailand’s new parliament after the country’s general election in February. Some activists opposed (...)
, by PRACHATAI
Citing further legal protections for LGBT people, the Thai authorities has introduced a bill to ‘certify’ gender identifications. LGBT experts, however, have raised question as to why they need the state to approve their gender identifications at all.
On 14 March 2017, leading LGBT activists (...)
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