Transsexual Thai air hostesses: gimmick or equality?
- Published: 12 Mar 2012 at 15.32
- Online news: World
With her crisp uniform, immaculate makeup and hair swept up, Mew looks like any other air hostess, but she's one of a handful of Thai transsexuals blazing a trail in the skies.
Transsexual fight attendant Phuntakarn Sringern (right) works onboard a Thai PC Air flight between Bangkok and Hong Kong on March 9. Fledgling Thailand-based carrier PC Air has hired four transgender cabin crew in a highly publicised recruitment drive that has divided opinion over whether the move is in the spirit of equality or exploitation.
Fledgling Thailand-based carrier PC Air has hired four transgender cabin crew in a highly publicised recruitment drive that has divided opinion over whether the move is in the spirit of equality or exploitation.
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