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Gender-sensitive protocols urged for LGBTQ+ arrests
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 23/08/2025
» The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRC) has recommended gender-sensitive protocols for law enforcement following complaints of police misconduct during the arrest of LGBTQ+ individuals.
Transgender lawyers blast council snub
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 30/07/2025
» A group of transgender lawyers has criticised the Lawyers Council of Thailand for failing to accept a petition asking for its dress code regulations to be more inclusive of gender identity.
Facts, not fear
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/02/2025
» Re: "Thai senator's 'live executions' proposal panned", (BP, Jan 29).
Malaysian court orders return of Swatch LGBTQ-themed watches
Published on 25/11/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court ordered the government on Monday to return rainbow-coloured watches and accessories made by Swatch Group that were seized last year for designs celebrating LGBTQ rights, a prosecutor told Reuters.
Trans woman gets 25 years for lese-majeste
Published on 14/03/2024
» A transgender woman has been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison for royal defamation and related computer crimes, according to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).
US Supreme Court lets trans girl stay on track team
Published on 07/04/2023
» WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court has let a 12-year-old transgender girl continue competing on her middle school track team, acting for the first time on a wave of new state restrictions on athletic participation.
Transgender's troubled days in Ghana
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 27/11/2022
» When Maxine Angel Opoku was still an upstart musician, relatively unknown and struggling to stand out in Ghana's competitive music scene, she sang about love, romance and being sexy.
The quest for the truth
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/03/2022
» The "compromised" nature of the crime scene in the drowning death of actress Pattarathida "Tangmo" Patcharaveerapong -- or Nida -- who reportedly fell into the Chao Phraya River from a private speedboat with fatal consequences, could well have been averted with better professional conduct by law enforcement and experienced police interrogators, according to former police investigator-turned-criminologist, Krisanaphong Poothakool.
'Bad Students' not your typical school troublemakers
AFP, Published on 20/11/2020
» A mild-mannered teenage girl with owl glasses, a bob haircut and daisies painted on her fingernails is not your typical school troublemaker.
Upping the K-content ante
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 17/04/2020
» Those who can't get enough of binge-watching movies and series on Netflix, especially fans of K-drama, should be delighted to know that the global streaming giant is planning to expand its involvement in the Korean film and TV industries in 2020 by greenlighting several new shows, including high-profile drama thriller Extracurricular, coming to your screen on April 29.