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| Olympian |
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| Boxer |
The US has Caitlyn Jenner (Olympian) and Thailand has Nong Tum (Boxer). Both were famous male athletes prior to becoming females. Welcome to the third gender. There's probably no place on earth more accepting of transsexuals than in Thailand. It goes both ways, males converting to females, and females into males. The official term is Kathoey, which covers a range sexual identities. For males, the name on the street is ladyboy. They are similar to our drag queens. Some are effeminate, while others have sex-change operations and/or take birth control pills daily. Others are cross-dressing gays. Straight men who take one home are in for a big surprise! Some are easy to identify, but honestly I don't look that closely. Here are a couple of them I have seen on campus recently.
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| Michael Jackson? |
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| Local Ladyboy |
Why is it that I see so much of America's past and present in Thailand?
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