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Transgenders happy to come out from the shadows
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 16/04/2017
» For centuries in the Land of Smiles, men with an outwardly feminine appearance felt offended when they were called "katoey" or "toot" (transvestite). But as time goes by, more gays and transpeople have come out in the public spotlight than ever before.
US rights report based on unverified data
Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 05/03/2017
» The Foreign Ministry describes as unilateral and unverified the United States' latest human rights report on Thailand.
Govt 'fails to tackle' assaults on women
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 26/11/2016
» Statistics on violence against women need to be upgraded to devise preventive measures, gender equality activists say.
Family ties need mending, forum told
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 28/05/2016
» Husbands and wives should share parental responsibility to bring up their children and do their house chores together in a bid to create a happy family, a family forum was told yesterday.
Learn about LGBTI, say activists
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 18/05/2016
» People from all walks of life should study the Gender Equality Act to quell discrimination against LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) communities in Thailand, gender activists say.
Regime irked over Europe rights rebuke
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 10/10/2015
» Thailand has expressed disappointment with a recent European Parliament resolution that urges Thai authorities to address what it says is a deteriorating human rights situation in the country.
Transgender in transition
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 18/07/2015
» Verbal abuse can hurt, and those whom society labels as kathoey are only too aware of the barbs. But the narrow minds are slowly opening and the derogatory sense of the word is no longer quite as nasty.