Transgender inmates watch TV in their cell at Pattaya Remand Prison in Pattaya, Chonburi province, Thailand on Jan. 18, 2017. The prison separates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender prisoners ...

Thailand famously holds beauty pageants for transgender women, known as Miss Tiffany. Held annually since 1984 in the coastal tourist city of Pattaya, the pageants are followed by millions of viewers.

Thailand has seen sparks of progress on LGBT rights in recent years. For example, “persons of diverse sexualities” have been recognized as needing assistance in the Social Welfare Promotion Act.

Hundreds of same-sex couples in Thailand tied the knot on Thursday as a landmark legislation took effect, making it the first nation in Southeast Asia to recognise marriage equality.. Thailand’s ...

Thai LGBT community participates in Gay Freedom Day Parade in Bangkok, Thailand November 29, 2018. Share . Print. BANGKOK — Thailand’s government is considering a ...

Thai transgender activist Nada Chaiyajit completed her undergraduate studies in August, and two months later, school officials told her 12 classmates - all men - that their graduation certificates ...

In modern Thailand, transgender people are accepted in pop culture, but the nation’s reputation as a “gay paradise” because the state doesn’t kill or outlaw LGBT people is an exaggeration.

Influential Thai Buddhist monk says ‘LGBT people are humans’ and welcomes civil partnership bill. Thailand decriminalised homosexuality in 1956. Rina Chandran. Friday 21 August 2020 12:31 BST.

BANGKOK – Gay rights activists are welcoming a clause in a draft of Thailand's new constitution that is aimed at protecting the rights of gay and transgender people. The Constitution Drafting ...

In this Jan. 6, 2017 photo, transgender inmates get a security check from female officers before entering their cell at Pattaya Remand Prison in Pattaya, Chonburi province, Thailand. The prison ...

PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — Theerayut Charoenpakdee was terrified when police stopped her outside a mall in Pattaya, a Thai resort famous for its sordid nightlife. A urine test on the spot revealed ...