Thailand is a highly tolerant untry, where sexual preference is regard as a personal choice. Gays, lbians, and transsexuals are accepted as part of the muny. Thai people – gay and straight – are also known for their sweet, iendly and pole temperament. As a rult, Thailand is a prime gay tourist statn, wh Bangkok often
Contents:
- BANGKOK GAY NIGHTLIFE
- GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?
- HOMOSEXUALITY AND GAY LIFE IN THAILAND
BANGKOK GAY NIGHTLIFE
To celebrate this diversy and eedom, gay-iendly events often take place Thailand’s major tourist statns, cludg Bangkok, Pattaya, and Phet. Bangkok's gay nightlife scene is fun, excg and wild, wh LGBT-iendly venu that range om hotels, ns, and gutho to nightclubs, ladyboy barets, and go-go bars.
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. In Thailand, homosexual marriage do not exist for now -although the bate over s legalizatn has been on the table for some time-.
GAYS THAILAND: IS A LGBT IENDLY UNTRY FOR TOURISM?
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.
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. It don’t occur to me that a Wtern gay man would say the same thg, or accept that the term ‘male’ only appli to straight men.
HOMOSEXUALITY AND GAY LIFE IN THAILAND
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.
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.