PATTAYA — Gay Men On the Go

Contents:

• GAY DICTNARY THAI
• TRANSLATN OF GAY – ENGLISH–THAI DICTNARY
• HOW TO SAY "I'M GAY." THAI.
• HOW TO SAY GAY KOREAN
• GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?
• HOMOSEXUALITY AND GAY LIFE IN THAILAND
• GAY THAILAND

GAY DICTNARY THAI

Although the ernment is promotg Thailand as a gay-iendly tourist statn, the suatn of the LGBT muny is far om good spe s anti-discrimatn laws (plete) and agast hate speech, as the society and the admistratn is not so tolerant of diversy. Civil unns, equal marriage or homoparental adoptn are not allowed, but is the untry wh the largt tradn and number of sex reassignment operatns the world, although transgenr people ntue to be discrimated agast outsi the artistic or prostutn sphere. Gay slang words not only e om sults and disqualifitns that different societi have been created wh the passage of time but also have their orig the own LGBT groups.

+Khon Thipen Ke (คนที่เป็นเกย์)Khon Thipen Ke (คนที่เป็นเกย์) is a ntral and standardized exprsn that means “a person who is gay” and is the Thai proposal for the term homosexual. +Taeo (แต๋ว)Taeo (แต๋ ว) is a vulgar and pejorative exprsn ed agast effemate homosexual men and may have several translatns, such as sissy, pansy, etc. Synonym: Tut (ตุ๊ด)+Tut (ตุ๊ด)Tut (ตุ๊ด) is a vulgar and pejorative exprsn ed to refer to a very effemate homosexual man and n have multiple translatns, as sissy, queen, etc.

TRANSLATN OF GAY – ENGLISH–THAI DICTNARY

Bee this is all the news lately, and bee Thailand, differg sexual orientatns are not nsired that strange or immoral, I thought some LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transsexual) Thai words might prove handy. Although the ma gay scene is ncentrated Bangkok, the equally betiful getaways Phet, Koh Samet, and Pattaya are also worth a vis for LGBTQ travelers. If you’re travelg to Thailand as a gay uple, wh your gay iends, or by yourself, you n expect a fun, welg atmosphere and loads of great parti.

HOW TO SAY "I'M GAY." THAI.

Silom Soi 2 is home to most of Bangkok’s gay clubs, and the whole street is almost like a club plex, so you need to pay to get to the street self. There aren’t any gay-specific bars and clubs, but there are numero gay-popular spots where you n meet LGBTQ travelers and lols. Don’t miss out on Thailand’s biggt New Year’s gay ftival, Whe Party Bangkok, which is also one of the largt LGBTQ gathergs the world.

Baan Souy Rort is one of the only official gay hotels Pattaya (of urse, straight people are also wele), and s staff n give you sir tips on the cy’s gay scene.

It is important to note that the same-sex soc-sexual behavr observed the study is distct om homosexual behavr bee s motivatn and purpose are social, said Jean-Baptiste Le, who studi primate behavr at the Universy of Lethbridge Canada and was not volved the new rearch. Khon Thipen Ke (คนที่เป็นเกย์) is a ntral and standardized exprsn that means “a person who is gay” and is the Thai proposal for the term homosexual. The reason is that, although daily life Thailand lbians, gays and transgenr people live wh total normaly, Thai law is not as liberal as most of the society.

HOW TO SAY GAY KOREAN

In Thailand, homosexual marriage do not exist for now -although the bate over s legalizatn has been on the table for some time-. The tolerance of Thai society means that gays, lbians and trans -men and women alike- have a relatively ee life to live and exprs themselv as they are.

And surely that is why Bangkok attracts lns of gay tourists, immigrants and expats search of fun, a eer life or a relatnship that their untri of orig would be rejected, clanste or simply impossible.

GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?

Although the are nothg but sensatns or beliefs whout much foundatn, this n be extend to gay men, or to anyone who mov away om the heteronormative non.

In fact, this type of discrimatn is rerced by the image that Thai media giv of gay men: ivolo, obssed wh any man who pass by, humoro and foul-mouthed. Also, many gay people Thailand tend to intify themselv strongly wh an ‘active’ or ‘passive’ role, somethg that seems que old-fashned the Wt, but not Thailand.

The realy may not be that simple, and realy many gay Thais are versatile, but self-intifitn wh an ‘active’ or ‘passive’ role will help them troduce themselv and relate to their gay iends a particular way. Surely behavr, iends, or the lack of girliends at a certa age will make clear that the boy is gay, even if is never verbalized.

HOMOSEXUALITY AND GAY LIFE IN THAILAND

Instead, Songkran has bee an unofficial Pri, drawg thoands of gays om all across Asia durg the week of parti and splashy street water fights. One of the worst sex sndals ever Thailand took place 1819, durg the reign of Kg Rama II, when a high-rankg monk, a Somt, was found guilty of enjoyg homosexual activi wh some of his good-lookg male discipl.

Acrdg to “Encyclopedia of Sexualy: Thailand”: Although homosexual behavr Thailand is assumed to be que mon, ltle formal rearch has been done. 1992), extremely low rat of male homosexual behavr were reported; the thors utned that, due to societal attus, the timat were probably too low and reflected the rearch participants' unrreportg of homoerotic and homosexual experienc (the prevalence of same-genr sexual behavr will be further reviewed below). “Same-genr sexual experience do not necsarily rry the assumptn of homosexualy or a homosexual inty Thailand (Strai, Brown, and Vilak 1991).

A public statement of homosexual inty would vlate two important valu of Thai culture: harmony - not to nont disagreements or nflicts - and the great value placed upon prervatn of fay uns and prervg leage through marriage and procreatn. Allyn (1991) also ntends that the anti-homosexual attus the Thai society are primarily the discrimatn agast the feme kathoey, who, acrdg to stereotype, display overt and loud genr-atypil social manners. The “Encyclopedia of Sexualy: Thailand” reports: The attus toward homosexualy are que plex: On the one hand, the behavr is clearly stigmatized, and on the other, tolerated.

GAY THAILAND

“Overall, most ntemporary Thais view heterosexualy as the norm; homosexualy is seen as a viance or an unnatural act, often rultg om one's bad karma or the lack of mer past liv.

To the more superst Thais, homosexual acts, which are an aberratn om “how nature tends, ” are punishable by animistic powers. Contemporary Thais still exprs their disapproval of homosexualy by sayg, often blhely, that “lightng will strike” those who engage sex wh a person of the same genr. This pathology mol of homosexualy most likely origated the Wtern psychiatric theori of sexualy which domated Wtern medice and psychology until the 1960s and 1970s.

Many Thai physicians and psychologists still subscribe to the antiquated theori and rema imperv to new rearch fdgs or the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn's classifitn of homosexualy as a mental illns 1974. Chompootaweep and lleagu (1991) found that 75 percent of both male and female adolcents reported negative attus toward homosexualy. To reveal one's homosexual orientatn to one's parents would, a sense, vlate the Third Precept of Buddhism, and this has ed many Thai gays and lbians to hi their homosexualy om their parents for fear of g them sorrow (Allyn 1991).