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Raising the Pride flag
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 31/08/2020
» Alongside anti-government demonstrations, protesters are raising their voice for equality and LGBTI gender rights.
Teens, queens and political machines
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/02/2019
» More LGBTI personalities in politics and the mainstream media, plus the return of a transgender beauty pageant in our monthly round-up of rainbow news.
Beyond beauty
B Magazine, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 16/12/2018
» The universe will have a new queen tomorrow. For almost 20 days, 94 beauty queens from around the world have descended on Thailand to vie for the crown. They have participated in the pageant's activities in Bangkok, Chon Buri and Krabi that brought them to a rooftop bar, temples, Government House and beaches, and tomorrow morning at 7am, one will be crowned the new Miss Universe by current title-holder Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters.
Get ready for some fierce runway action
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 21/08/2018
» Asia's Next Top Model is back for yet another season as aspiring models fight for their chance to win it all on this modelling reality TV show.
Coming to terms
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/11/2017
» A man with short hair -- wearing a sarong around his chest the way a woman would -- is seen frolicking alone happily on a crowded beach. Lost in his own world, he seems unfazed by the scrutiny and strange looks from children, women in hijab, and men in skullcap. In the background, the sound of Islamic prayers can be heard.
Coaxing turtle conservation out of its shell
Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 01/06/2017
» Everybody loves sea turtles. Whether they're found flapping away in aquarium tanks or lucky divers encounter them by chance in the vastness of the ocean, they are objects of affection for people of all ages.
Nature's call
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 03/05/2016
» With steady hands and quickening steps, we carried the green sea turtles one-by-one to the beach. The turtles were flapping their flippers impatiently, as if sensing their imminent release. We placed them down carefully at the point where the waves hit the sand. Soon, the water embraced their bodies -- nature's call for them to return to their natural home. They dashed into the sea, and, after a few minutes, disappeared from our sight.
The Pac-Man gets the sack, man
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/02/2016
» Gender equality the hot topic at Bangkok Edge Festival