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Becoming transparent
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 16/02/2016
» It's been roughly 10 years since transwoman Kittanut Na Chiangmai underwent sex reassignment surgery, and life only got better after that, she said. The 35-year-old serves as council member for her local Sub-District Administrative Organisation in Sikhiu, Nakorn Ratchasima. She's in a long-term relationship with her partner, and her parents, community and workplace are accepting of who she is.
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Not just a pet love
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/02/2016
» It can be a struggle to lift a dog weighing 30kg up and strap it into a wheelchair -- a stainless steel frame with two wheels fixed on it. But that's what Siriporn Kritsanaphiphat, aged 35, has been doing every day for almost three years for her pet Boonrawd.
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The Pac-Man gets the sack, man
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/02/2016
» Gender equality the hot topic at Bangkok Edge Festival
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Don't lose face
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/02/2016
» Thais have a colloquial saying, that "committing good deeds now will make you beautiful in your next life. But getting work done on your face will make you look beautiful in this life". This saying explains everything about how much Thai society puts value on cosmetic surgery. From double eyelids, a pointed nose to looking decades younger -- bring it on.
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Earn your stripes
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 10/03/2016
» After making rounds all over the world, the papier-mâché troupe of 1,600 pandas have finally arrived in our city. Many Bangkokians are now stalking the cute flash mob, an art project to raise awareness for animal conservation, to make sure they get a selfie or two before the pandas migrate elsewhere. (They were at Sanam Luang last week and CentralWorld earlier this week.)
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Last call for payphones?
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 14/03/2016
» Wuth Krongkaew, a 40-year-old fried fishball vendor, can't remember the last time he used a payphone. One day, when he happened to forget his mobile phone, he felt lucky that his cart sits right next to a phone booth. To his annoyance and disappointment, however, the phone inside did not work.
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Seeing the light
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 15/03/2016
» Along the 3.5km-long waterfront promenade of Marina Bay in Singapore, 25 light art installations are scattered as part of the "i Light Marina Bay 2016" -- the 4th edition of the light festival that aims to be both striking and sustainable. The festival has been held every two years since 2010, and will be hosted as an annual event from this year onward.
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Beast of a polo tournament
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 17/03/2016
» Elephants stomping around the forest doing heavy dragging work is a familiar sight. Less so, though not entirely foreign now after more than a decade, is the sight of them taking to the grassy fields of a polo tournament, the big beasts chasing after a white ball with a kwan chang -- a mahout -- and a player perched on top. All for a good cause, of course.
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Re-characterising HIV and Aids
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 28/03/2016
» A round-up of queer-related entertainment and happenings in Thailand
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Breaking the cycle
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 29/03/2016
» An illegal abortion facility was uncovered by police in Sakon Nakhon earlier this year. Syringes, needles, gloves and vinegar were found inside the seemingly abandoned house, which opens for service only upon request.
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