Third bathroom for transvestites in Thailand public schools
- added June 19, 2008
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A Thai school has introduced toilets for its transvestite students after a survey revealed that 200 cross-dressing students felt uncomfortable using the male toilets but were not always welcome in the female loos.
Kampang school, attended by 2,600 pupils in the rural north-eastern province of Sisaket, unveiled the toilets when the new academic year began in May. The symbol for the loos shows a figure split in two, the male half in blue and the female in red.
Three transvestite pupils applying powder to their faces in the new toilets told a Thai news channel they were delighted with the innovation. "I'm so happy about this," said Vichai Sangsakul, a teenager with hair held in place by a pink band. "It looks bad going to female toilets. What would other people think?"
Rural Thais tend to be conservative, but like most people in Thailand, they tolerate the highly visible phenomenon of transvestites who often work in the make-up business, cabaret or the sex industry.
"These students want to be able to go to the bathroom in peace without fear of being watched, laughed at or groped," said the school director, Sitisak Sumontha. "[Pupils] don't have problems with transvestites. But going to the same private area, like a toilet, makes them uneasy
Kampang school, attended by 2,600 pupils in the rural north-eastern province of Sisaket, unveiled the toilets when the new academic year began in May. The symbol for the loos shows a figure split in two, the male half in blue and the female in red.
Three transvestite pupils applying powder to their faces in the new toilets told a Thai news channel they were delighted with the innovation. "I'm so happy about this," said Vichai Sangsakul, a teenager with hair held in place by a pink band. "It looks bad going to female toilets. What would other people think?"
Rural Thais tend to be conservative, but like most people in Thailand, they tolerate the highly visible phenomenon of transvestites who often work in the make-up business, cabaret or the sex industry.
"These students want to be able to go to the bathroom in peace without fear of being watched, laughed at or groped," said the school director, Sitisak Sumontha. "[Pupils] don't have problems with transvestites. But going to the same private area, like a toilet, makes them uneasy
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It's pretty like the womens bathroom is but there is pee on the seats
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- Albinopollock
- 3 months ago
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I always figured what bathroom you went to depended on the equipment you were packing, not what you were wearing.
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I am really undecided on this one. Of course, it is important to offer trans-students a safe space and the pupils in question seem to welcome the idea, but then again, shouldn't they just be able to use the bathrooms for their chosen gender as having to go to a 'third' bathroom with a half-male/half-female sign just adds to their feelings of alienation and otherness?
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- JanaPokana
- 3 months ago
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