Thai school builds transgender toilet
Last Updated: 3:20PM BST 19/06/2008
A Thai school has built a "transvestite toilet" after 200 students said they considered themselves to be transgenger.
The Kampang School has school unveiled a lavatory designated by a unique sign – a human figure split in half – part man in blue and part woman in red. Below it are the words "Transvestite Toilet."
Most rural Thais are conservative in many ways, but the initiative at the school reflects Thai society's tolerance for transgender communities, including cross-dressers, transvestites, transsexuals and those born with the physical characteristics of both sexes.
"These students want to be able to go in peace without fear of being watched, laughed at or groped," said school director Sitisak Sumontha. Transgenders who opted to use female lavatories made some of the other students uncomfortable, and those who chose the men's room often were harassed, he said.
Thai school builds transgender toilet
Last Updated: 3:20PM BST 19/06/2008
A Thai school has built a "transvestite toilet" after 200 students said they considered themselves to be transgenger.
The Kampang School has school unveiled a lavatory designated by a unique sign – a human figure split in half – part man in blue and part woman in red. Below it are the words "Transvestite Toilet."
Most rural Thais are conservative in many ways, but the initiative at the school reflects Thai society's tolerance for transgender communities, including cross-dressers, transvestites, transsexuals and those born with the physical characteristics of both sexes.
"These students want to be able to go in peace without fear of being watched, laughed at or groped," said school director Sitisak Sumontha. Transgenders who opted to use female lavatories made some of the other students uncomfortable, and those who chose the men's room often were harassed, he said.