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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.
'Trafficked' women held across region
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 25/01/2017
» Almost 180 Thai Muslim women from the Deep South have been detained in Malaysia as witnesses and victims of human trafficking.
Wayward youth ask for second chance
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 14/01/2017
» While most Thai kids celebrate National Children's Day today with their families, a group that once made mistakes during their childhood yesterday asked members of the public to give them a chance to integrate back into society.
Gen-Y a hotbed of sex, study reveals
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 30/09/2016
» "Generation Y" people in urban areas have been found to have had an average of five sexual partners and had their first sexual experience when they were 15, the Thai Health Report 2016 revealed Thursday.
Language the key to empowerment
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 19/09/2016
» Aim-on Wille always knew speaking a local language would help her settle into a foreign land easier and get a good job. She wasn't reluctant to learn German when she landed in the country for her master's degree.
Thailand, Laos agree on workers pact
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 07/07/2016
» Thai and Lao labour ministers have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on labour cooperation to improve the livelihoods of Lao workers in Thailand.
Same-sex parents defiant over appeal, vow to return home
News, Prangthong Jitcharoenkul, Published on 30/04/2016
» The same-sex Spanish-American couple who on Tuesday won their high-profile custody battle against a surrogate mother who gave birth to their child, Carmen Lake, has shrugged off the possibility of an appeal by the surrogate, saying Carmen will definitely go back home.
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.