Coming out

When I was searching for a new topic for our blog I came across this, “I want to tell my mother that I love another woman.” And why don’t you? Because even if one admits and embraces one’s homosexuality others might still not.

It’s natural that people want to talk about their loved ones, the people they want to spend the rest of their lives with or sometimes just the here and now. Does a woman who has a relationship with another woman has the picture of her girlfriend on her desk in her office, it’s unlikely. Maybe in some countries where gay rights are advanced this might be ok, but in many countries this would not happen. “Coming Out” is possible when there is a general acceptance; even then it is sometimes hard. We now that GLBT have the need to express themselves just like any other group, they might have their own dress code, hairstyle, fashion, and other preferences that hint that they are gay. The need of expression is a need everyone has, going out and walk hand in hand with one’s boy/girlfriend is normal. Is it normal if gay people do it? Do others turn around and talk behind their backs? In many societies people cannot dress “gay” to work, and cannot openly admit that they have a relationship with a person that has the same gender. However, if gay people do not actively expand the room where they can be who they are, being gay publicly does not become the norm either. Basically “coming out” is just a step towards what should be “normal” at the first place, GLBT being themselves.

By Swan

The acceptance of being Queer in Thailand

If being a popular beautiful actress is a girl’s dream, being a Tiffany performer will definitely be a transvestite’s ambition, too.

Tiffany show is a well-known Transvestite Cabaret Show located in Pattaya, Thailand. It is the one of the most famous tourist attractions in Pattaya and can make excellent income for our country.

Being a Tiffany entertainer is not easy. They have to be recruited like other jobs because they have to be talented and beautiful. Some of them try very hard to have a woman physique such as have done a nose surgery, breasts implant, or even a sex-changed operation. But lots of them seem like they just was born in the wrong sex because the have sweet pretty face, nice complexion and small body like girls.

Tiffany performers are not only beautiful but also skillful. They are dancing experts such as Thai dancing, Latin, Ballet or Jazz. If you have a chance to see them on the stage, you will see how amazing they are. I have seen the show once, it is excellent, the scenes are nice, the costumes are marvelous; the actresses are beautiful and well-performed. Tiffany show is perfect!

Tiffany‘s Show is ranked the 4th place for "the Top 10 Show around the World in 2001" awarded by TravelCom Magazine, May 2001,
( Reference; http://www.pattayadailynews.com/showfeature.php?FeatureID=0000000077)

Are you interested in Tiffany show? For more information and make a reservation; visit http://www.tiffany-show.co.th/

Thailand seems to be a conservative country. But now we understand and accept the lady boys if they want to dress or act like women. I think it’s okay as long as they are well-behaved and don’t do harm our society. It’s different from some countries that being a transvestite and dress like women looks weird in other people views.

There are some transvestites in Thailand who are accepted as talented people such as a make-up artist; Ma Ornnapa, a gifted Thai language teacher; Kru Lily or a famous actress, Koko Kokorn. I think it’s a good idea to judge someone by their ability rather than their sexual orientation.

By Cherry 490132052

Gay Rape

I read the news from the Thai Rath newspaper on April 6, 2007. It was about a transgendered boy who was robbed and raped on the way home and afterward went to the police station to inform the police, hoping that they would help him. I think what he had just suffered was bad enough for him but what he got back from the policemen was worse - teasing smiles. The police thought that it was impossible and ridiculous for a male to be raped. After reading that news, it made me think that now is the time people have to care more about those people we call “the third gender” or GLBT people.

In Thailand, people usually think that rape can happen only to females but they forget the truth that anything bad can happen to anyone and when it happens, no one can deny it. It’s true that we don’t really hear about gay rape very often in Thailand but it doesn’t mean that things like that have never happened. Although transgendered people they are in between male and female, which is unusual for many people, it does not mean that they want what male and female do not want. Everyone who is raped will have the same feeling. Rape is an act of sexual intercourse that is forced, and no one, gay or straight, will feel happy being forced to have sex.

I have read that the Thai Legislative Assembly is planning to change the law in order to protect GLBT people more from rape and other serious crimes. I am glad to hear that because at least Thai people are showing more concern about GLBT issues. I hope this law will be adopted really soon and then the problem will be reduced.

Do you think GLBT people need the law to protect them?

Do you think gay people have to be protected while he is a man who is supposed to be as strong as the other man?

Can the law really help decrease the incidence rape?

By Tipawan

490132042

Integration versus separation

NZZ am Sonntag, wedding announcement


Same sex map Europe

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild:Samesex_Map_Europe.png

Light green: Same sex marriages
Dark green: Partnerships
Grey: in consideration of amendments


On June 5, 2005 Swiss citizens voted for the new Partnership law (Partnerschaftsgesetz PartG), which makes a legal registration for homosexual couples possible and that nation wide. Of course, some of the conservative catholic cantons did not agree with the majority and voted against the amendment. It past anyway. It took Switzerland quite some time to get to the point where an actual vote was possible. Switzerland gradually worked on the acceptance and the integration of lesbians and gays which eventually lead to legal changes and the 58% yes vote to same sex partnerships. It is true that they have come a long way and that the battle towards equality continues, but the wide acceptance throughout the social stratum creates a solid basis.


Integration is important, Gay art needs to be available for heterosexuals,

integration means, no hidden gay cinemas, theaters, and art shows. Lesbians and gay men do not necessarily need their own political parties but the opportunity to enter existing ones without being discriminated. In some societies the gay scene is still disconnected and hidden from society’s surface, they are forced to live underground. The scene exists but is pushed away or separated from the “norm”. And that has to change.

Book: Rechte der Lesben und Schwulen in der Schweiz

( Rights for Lesbians and Gay men in Switzerland)

Lesbians and gay men and their parents, even in Switzerland, still have to put up with discrimination, although it has become more indirect but still vicious. Statistics show that suicide rates among same sex oriented boys is higher than for heterosexual boys (Switzerland: http://www.los.ch/). Even in a country where there are laws against discrimination and there is a general acceptance towards homosexuals there still seems to be enough pressure that leads to such desperate acts as suicide. So, let’s think about the people who live in countries where there are no same sex partnerships or marriages, no laws against discrimination and society’s willingness towards acceptance that makes integration possible.

By Swan.