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GENDER-BENDING CULTURE MAKES THAILAND A UNIQUE PLACE
Almost every single newspaper in Thailand carried the same front page highlight last week: an image of Thanyarat "Film" Jiraphatpakorn, former Miss Tiffany 2007, Thailand's famous transgender beauty pageant, who landed a job as a flight attendant for the newly opened PC Air, which claimed to be the first in the industry to offer opportunities for third-gender people. It was not just the local media, this story got much attention from international news agencies as well.
Former Miss Tiffany Thanyarat ‘‘Film’’ Jiraphatpakorn (centre).
There is something about Thailand and its tolerance of homosexuality and transgenderism that puts our Kingdom in the spotlight.
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- Writer: Yanapon Musiket
- Position: Life Writer
