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Court ruling sets off blood screening row
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 20/10/2025
» LGBTQ+ advocates have urged the Thai Red Cross's National Blood Centre to revise its blood donation application form following an Administrative Court ruling which upheld the ban on LGBTQ+ blood donations as non-discriminatory for public safety.
Sri Lankan tourist attacked in Pattaya after gender dispute with transwoman
Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 01/06/2025
» PATTAYA: A Sri Lankan tourist was assaulted by a transgender woman armed with high heel shoes on the city’s beach road Saturday night after he daringly touched her genitals twice to verify her gender--then refused to pay or proceed with any services.
Trans people in Thailand 'still lack protection'
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 05/05/2025
» Following the brutal killing of a Thai transgender woman by a Chinese national in Pattaya last week, LGBTQ+ advocacy groups across Thailand are calling for urgent legal reforms to protect transgender individuals from hate crimes.
Autopsy underway on Pattaya transwoman's mutilated body
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 28/04/2025
» PATTAYA: Forensic police have yet to thoroughly examine the body of a transwoman who was murdered by a Chinese visitor – with some organs reportedly missing – while her relatives and peers in Pattaya were concerned about negative comments about the victim.
Pattaya transwoman slain after refusing sex: Chinese suspect
News, Chaiyot Pupattanapong, Published on 27/04/2025
» A Chinese male suspect said he killed a Thai transwoman in Pattaya because she refused to have sex with him, and then he cut open her body and removed organs because he wanted to "play" with it.
Chinese man held after Pattaya transwoman found mutilated
Online Reporters, Published on 26/04/2025
» A Chinese man has been detained at Suvarnabhumi airport on suspicions of murdering and mutilating a transwoman in Pattaya before attempting to flee the country.
Myanmar LGBTQ people plea for help
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 20/05/2024
» While Pride Month is around the corner in Thailand, Burmese LGBTQ people live under the Tatmadaw's shadow, waiting for help from their Thai counterparts.
Shaking up gender ideas
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 17/04/2021
» The past few years have been a watershed for legislation campaigning to protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Thailand.