Mass brawl on Sukhumvit 11

Transgender women brawl on Soi Sukhumvit 11 on Monday night. (Screenshot from บอลลูน บอลลูน Facebook account)
Transgender women brawl on Soi Sukhumvit 11 on Monday night. (Screenshot from บอลลูน บอลลูน Facebook account)

Police broke up a brawl between Thai and Filipino transgender women on Soi Sukhumvit 11 late on Monday night.

Police rushed to the scene after a report that about 20 Filipino trans women had attacked two Thai trans women.

The attack was recorded and posted online. More Thai trans women were mobilised via social media to gather at the scene to respond to the attack.

Police took the people involved in the fight to Lumpini station for questioning and sent away their supporters who followed them to the station.

Police on Soi Sukhumvit 11 prevented any further clashes.

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Vocabulary

  • attack (noun): an act of trying to hurt or kill somebody - การโจมตี
  • brawl: a rough, noisy, uncontrolled fight - การทะเลาะกัน, การวิวาท
  • clash: a fight between groups of people - การปะทะกันสองฝ่าย
  • mass: a large amount of something - ปริมาณมาก
  • transgender: an umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or gender expression differs from what is typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth - คนข้ามเพศ, คนที่แสดงออก หรือแต่งกาย หรือผ่านการผ่าตัดเพื่อเปลี่ยนเป็นเพศตรงข้าม
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