A loo for you, you AND YOU!
>> Wednesday, June 18, 2008
It's one of the first things a visitor to Thailand will notice: the large number of very pretty, often very sexy, shemales, known here as katoey.
So this news story about a transvestite toilet being set up in a secondary school is surprising only to those who have never been here. Though I guess it is rather surprising that a wee, poor remote province near Cambodia is the torch bearer in this new movement to accommodate the third sex.
I've shared many a public restroom with a katoey, and it frankly never occurred to me to be bothered by it. But I suppose among 16 year olds the sentiment may be different!
Anyway, katoey do have a special place in the hearts and minds of many here in Thailand, so it's fair enough that they should be given their own pot to piss in.
To get an idea of what I'm talking about, check out this Pattaya Daily News story and photos about Thailand's top katoey beauty pageant, Miss Tiffany. Pretty no?
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If they get their own toilet and even their own classification on the ID, that's great! I was worrying that they were gonna get the Female classification on the Thai ID as was the hype some time ago--now that would be wrong for many reasons IMO.
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