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Contents:
- TWO-FACED THAILAND: THE UGLY SI OF 'ASIA’S GAY CAPAL'
- THE BTER TTH BEHD THAILAND'S GAY-IENDLY IMAGE
- THE GAY VOICE
- THIS IS WHY SOME MEN ‘SOUND GAY’ – EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT
- WHAT'S THE LK BETWEEN HOMOSEXUALY AND HAVG A 'GAY VOICE'
- WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
- A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'
- "DO I SOUND GAY?"
- FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
TWO-FACED THAILAND: THE UGLY SI OF 'ASIA’S GAY CAPAL'
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THE BTER TTH BEHD THAILAND'S GAY-IENDLY IMAGE
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THE GAY VOICE
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THIS IS WHY SOME MEN ‘SOUND GAY’ – EVEN IF THEY’RE NOT
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WHAT'S THE LK BETWEEN HOMOSEXUALY AND HAVG A 'GAY VOICE'
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“There is a quote [that says] that Thai society unofficially accepts, but officially rejects, gay and lbian people, ” Anjana Suvarnananda, print of LGBT rights group Anjaree, told Phet News 2013.
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WHAT MEANS TO ‘SOUND GAY’
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” A recent study nducted by the Khon Thai Foundatn found that more than 50 percent of Thais between 15 and 24 believe “homosexualy is wrong. ”LGBT activists say, however, that the new law, though very posive, is but a small step forward for the are still no laws or polici place protectg LGBT people on the grounds of sexual orientatn Thailand, which crimalized homosexualy the 1950s.
A DOCUMENTARIAN WONRS: 'DO I SOUND GAY?'
Speakg to the Bangkok Post, activist Naiyana Supapung relled a se of a gay child who tried to kill himself by drkg sectici after he was “huiated by a teacher who had orred him to stop speakg and actg like a girl.
"DO I SOUND GAY?"
Chakgai Jermkwan and his partner Sean L’Estrange -own the popular venue, which is loted on a narrow soi led wh gay bars.
Thailand wel lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) visors: s tourism thory targets the LGBT market, and Bangkok is often the only Asian cy clud on lists of gay-iendly tourist statns around the world.
Among Thais between 15 and 24 years old, 56 per cent thk homosexualy is wrong, acrdg to recent rearch by Khon Thai Foundatn, a non-prof anisatn.
FILMMAKER AND SPEECH PATHOLOGIST WEIGH IN ON WHAT IT MEANS TO 'SOUND GAY'
By parison, more than 70 per cent of young people Japan, South Korea, the Philipp and wtern European untri thk that homosexualy should be accepted by society at large, acrdg to the Pew Rearch Centre, an Amerin thk-tank.
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