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HOMOSEXUALITY AND GAY LIFE IN THAILAND
* thailand gay history *
Predatg the Rattanakos era (1782 AD – prent), var temple murals pict homosexualy among Thai men and women acrdg to Chagmai-based Dutch journalist Sjon Hser’s observatns Transsexualy Northern Thailand Historil Not. “Whether or not Buddhism has been stmental fluencg the velopment of the popular Thai notn [of กะเทย “kathoey”, the Thai term monly ed wh, but is not limed to, transwomen, tersex dividuals, and effimate gay men], a very siar mixg of physil and psychologil sex, genr behavurs and sexualy occurs both the Pali terms [sic] pandaka and the Thai term kathoey.
The book Queer Dharma: Voic of Gay Thailand transned om an absolute to a nstutnal monarchy 1932, the state propagated natnal culture by implementg tradnal ncepts of genr as one of the tools to tablish social orr as observed by St Barme, a visg fellow at the History Rearch School of Pacific and Asian Studi at the Atralian Natnal Universy his book Luang Wich Wathakan and the Creatn of a Thai Inty; and renowned Thai scholar Thongchai Wichakul his book Siam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Natn. 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. 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).
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.
GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?
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.